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Carcinoma of the kidney metastasis to the orbital Cavity
Article published in Urologia Polska 1994/47/1-2.

authors

Jerzy Swierż, Bronisław Stawarz
Z Kliniki Urologii Centralnego Szpitala Klinicznego WAM w Warszawie
Kierownik Kliniki: Prof. dr hab. med. B. Stawarz

summary

A patient with unusually rare orbital cavity metastatic focus from clear cell carcinoma of
the kidney has been presented. It was followed by enormus cerebral oedema — the direct reason
of the patients death. Fast carcinoma dynamics resulted in short survival time (only 6 months).

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correspondence

lek. med. Jerzy Swierż
00-909 Warszawa, ul. Szaserów 128
Klinika Urologii Centralnego Szpitala Klinicznego WAM