Two Unexpected Tumors in a Laparoscopic Nephrectomy Specimen, Including a Rare Tubulocystic Renal-Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report

We present a case of a 52-year-old Caucasian male who underwent a laparoscopic nephrectomy for an atrophic kidney and was found to have two unexpected, synchronous kidney cancers. He had a remote history of testicular cancer complicated by lymphadenopathy and external ureteral compression. Over time, he developed an atrophic left kidney from obstructive uropathy. Years later, due to flank pain and renal scintigraphy showing minimal function, a laparoscopic nephrectomy was performed. Final pathology demonstrated papillary renal-cell carcinoma (RCC) and tubulocystic RCC. Tubulocystic RCC is a rare neoplasm thought to be an indolent subset of collecting duct carcinoma, but was identified as a unique entity in 2004. Currently, there are ∼100 cases of this neoplasm in the literature.