Sarcomatoid-variant Renal Cell Carcinoma

Sarcomatoid variant of renal cell carcinoma.

Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma is a rare tumour of the kidney whichaccounts for l%of renal neoplasms inadults and has been reported in ito 6.5% of renal cortical carcinomas in different studies The diagnostic morphological feature of this cancer is the intermingling of typical renal cell carcinoma with a component of sarcomatoid features, comprising of spindle cells without organisation or re...

Sarcomatoid Transrormation of Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma

Sarcomatoid Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma with Heterologous Component

Clear cellrenal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common malignant renal tumor in adults, while chromophobe RCC (CRCC) is the third most common. Any subtypes of RCC can undergo sarcomatoid differentiation, but heterologous differentiation in sarcomatoid area is very rare in RCC. Here a61-year male is presented with hematuria and palpable mass. Clinicoradiologically, RCC was considered and left r...

sarcomatoid transrormation of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma

A giant sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma.

A 42-year-old male patient was hospitalized for lower leg oedema, shortness of breath and body-weight loss of 5 kg over a 2-month period. Physical examination identified a pale appearance, cachexia, and a palpable abdominal mass of about 20 18 cm in the right abdomen. Ultrasound study verified the existence of a massive right-side abdominal heterogenous tumour. Due to renal failure with severe ...