A rare case of spontaneous necrosis of primary renal cell carcinoma

Authors

  • Kyosuke Matsuzaki Osaka General Medical Center
  • Ryoichi Imamura Osaka General Medical Center
  • Toshichika Iwanishi Osaka General Medical Center
  • Masahiro Nakagawa Osaka General Medical Center
  • Go Tanigawa Osaka General Medical Center
  • Koichi Tsutahara Osaka General Medical Center
  • Kohki Shimazu Osaka General Medical Center
  • Hiroaki Fushimi Osaka General Medical Center
  • Toyonori Tsuzuki Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital
  • Seiji Yamaguchi Osaka General Medical Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.2272

Keywords:

spontaneous necrosis, renal cell carcinoma

Abstract

A 42-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a chief complaint of asymptomatic gross hematuria. Computed tomography revealed a 4-cm tumour in the left kidney and radical nephrectomy was performed. Microscopically, the tumour was completely necrotic and consisted of nests of cells with abundant cytoplasm and large nuclei. Immunohistochemical analysis indicated complete infarction of the chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. Two years after surgery, the patient remained recurrence-free.

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Published

2015-01-12

How to Cite

Matsuzaki, K., Imamura, R., Iwanishi, T., Nakagawa, M., Tanigawa, G., Tsutahara, K., Shimazu, K., Fushimi, H., Tsuzuki, T., & Yamaguchi, S. (2015). A rare case of spontaneous necrosis of primary renal cell carcinoma. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 9(1-2), E33–5. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.2272

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1-2 (2015): CUAJ January

Section

Case Report

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