Vulvar Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report Highlighting the Aggressive Nature of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Case Description
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Boiangiu, A.; Cioca, A.-M.; Gorecki, G.-P.; Sima, R.-M.; Pleș, L.; Novac, M.-B.; Coman, I.-S.; Grigorean, V.-T.; Lungu, V.; Georgescu, M.-T.; et al. Vulvar Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report Highlighting the Aggressive Nature of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. Curr. Oncol. 2025, 32, 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol32010004
Boiangiu A, Cioca A-M, Gorecki G-P, Sima R-M, Pleș L, Novac M-B, Coman I-S, Grigorean V-T, Lungu V, Georgescu M-T, et al. Vulvar Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report Highlighting the Aggressive Nature of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. Current Oncology. 2025; 32(1):4. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol32010004
Chicago/Turabian StyleBoiangiu, Andreea, Ana-Maria Cioca, Gabriel-Petre Gorecki, Romina-Marina Sima, Liana Pleș, Marius-Bogdan Novac, Ionut-Simion Coman, Valentin-Titus Grigorean, Vasile Lungu, Mihai-Teodor Georgescu, and et al. 2025. "Vulvar Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report Highlighting the Aggressive Nature of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma" Current Oncology 32, no. 1: 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol32010004
APA StyleBoiangiu, A., Cioca, A.-M., Gorecki, G.-P., Sima, R.-M., Pleș, L., Novac, M.-B., Coman, I.-S., Grigorean, V.-T., Lungu, V., Georgescu, M.-T., & Filipescu, G.-A. (2025). Vulvar Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report Highlighting the Aggressive Nature of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. Current Oncology, 32(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol32010004