Renal cell carcinoma in children, report of a new case

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is rare in children and is usually found in late children. We present a case of a 14 year-old boy who presented with right lumbar pain. CT-scan showed a tumor in the upper pole of the right kidney measuring 15 cm. He underwent radical nephrectomy and histopathologic examin...

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Autores principales: Chaabouni, Ahmed, Samet, Ahmed, Fourati, Mohamed, Mejdoub, Brahim, Kammoun, Omar, Mseddi, Mohamed Amine, Hadjslimene, Mourad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8414171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34504772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101813
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Sumario:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is rare in children and is usually found in late children. We present a case of a 14 year-old boy who presented with right lumbar pain. CT-scan showed a tumor in the upper pole of the right kidney measuring 15 cm. He underwent radical nephrectomy and histopathologic examination revealed RCC. No adjuvant therapy was given. After three years and half, there is no evidence of recurrence.

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