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Renal Cell Carcinoma

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Renal cell carcinoma commonly metastasises to the lung, liver, and bone and only rarely to the orbit, eyelid, or choroid. Similar to other metastatic tumours, most cases of renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the orbit have a known primary neoplasm that may have been diagnosed many years earlier. The metastatic lesion may rarely be the first presentation. It tends to mimic a benign tumour or a cystic lesion. It is highly vascular and enhances with contrast during imaging. Surgical excision is recommended for resectable metastatic tumours.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Shantha Amrith, Stephanie Ming Young & Gangadhara Sundar

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Shantha Amrith, Stephanie Ming Young & Gangadhara Sundar

  3. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Eric Ting

  4. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Eric Ting

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    Eric Ting

  6. Department of Pathology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Bingcheng Wu & Min En Nga

  7. Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Min En Nga

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Amrith, S., Young, S.M., Ting, E., Wu, B., Nga, M.E., Sundar, G. (2019). Renal Cell Carcinoma. In: Amrith, S., Sundar, G., Young, S. (eds) Ocular Adnexal Lesions. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3798-7_60

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