Cutaneous Metastases and Right Hemiplegia as First Manifestations of Renal Cell Carcinoma

Abstract

Renal Cell Carcinoma accounts for 3% of all malignancies, more than half of patients have disseminated disease at diagnosis, such disease characterizes for showing a wide range of clinical presentations, being cutaneous an exceptional example. When skin affection is the only manifestation, it constitutes a major diagnostic challenge. We expose a case of 83 year old patient with multiple cutaneous tumors on head and neck of 4 month evolution, arriving at emergency department for sudden right hemiplegia, in which dermatological approach was crucial for diagnosis.