A rare case of renal and uterine clear cell carcinoma: Which is the primary tumour?

• Authors: Christopher Ho , Noraini Anuar , M. Nurismah , Praveen Singam , Eng Goh , Zulkifli Zainuddin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Renal cell carcinoma to the uterus is rare. We describe a 52-year old lady who presented with progressive abdominal distension and computerized tomogram scan of the abdomen showing two pathologies; uterine and right renal tumour. It was initially thought to be two distinct tumours (double pathology). Radical nephrectomy and total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed concurrently. Histopathological evaluation of the uterine and right renal tumour however surprised us with a rare form of metastasis from a renal tumour to the uterus. The method of differentiating primary renal cell carcinoma with uterine metastasis, from primary uterine carcinoma with renal metastasis, via immunohistochemistry, is described.

Keywords

EN

Renal cell carcinoma; Uterine metastasis; Cancer; Pathology; CD10

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 247-249

Dates

published

1 - 4 - 2011

online

17 - 2 - 2011

Contributors

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Christopher Ho

• Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Noraini Anuar

• Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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M. Nurismah

• Department of Pathology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Praveen Singam

• Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Eng Goh

• Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Zulkifli Zainuddin

• Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-011-0008-2