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. 1990 Jul;53(7):613–614. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.53.7.613

Renal cell carcinoma presenting as Garcin's syndrome.

S I Mubaidin 1, J B Sunna 1, M A Beiruti 1, M M Shennak 1, M S Ayoub 1
PMCID: PMC488141  PMID: 2391528

Abstract

A 50 year old man presented with progressive unilateral cranial nerve palsies (Garcin's syndrome) for one year. Skull radiography and computed tomography (CT) showed intracranial extension of a soft tissue tumour from the right base of the skull. Necropsy revealed a papillary cell carcinoma of the right kidney and metastases in the base of the skull.

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