Revista Ciencias Biomédicas (Jan 2015)

CHROMOPHOBE RENAL CELL CARCINOMA IN A YOUNG PATIENT WITH PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY AS TREATMENT

  • Lambis-Ricardo Jorge,
  • Herrera-Lomónaco Sandra,
  • De León-Manotas Gabriel,
  • Ballestas-Almario Carlos,
  • Montenegro-Castañeda Stephany,
  • González-Peralta Aura,
  • Barrios-Barreto Rina

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 160 – 164

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Introduction: the renal cell carcinomas represent 90% of all malignant renal tumors, being the chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (CRCC) a histological variant. Its clinical presentation is unspecific and generally it is a well-circumscribed tumor, with major prevalence in the sixth decade of life and with good prognostic. Case report: 23-year-old female patient with symptomatology of intermittent hemorrhage and irritating symptoms. The imagenological studies reported nodular mass in the left inferior side of 33 x 36 mmm of diameter. The image-guided percutaneous biopsy showed CRCC. And a partial nephrectomy with preservation of the healthy side was carried out. The patient had satisfactory evolution. Conclusion: the CRCC is an uncommon histological subtype of renal carcinoma. Its early detection is important and its symptomatology occurs in a wide age group, thus it must be suspected in young patients with renal mass. Due to it is a delimited tumor, in some cases, it could be treated with partial nephrectomy to preserve the renal function. Rev.cienc.biomed. 2015;6(1):160-164 KEYWORDS Kidney neoplasms; Hematuria; Nephrectomy.

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