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Right hypochondrium pain and giant mass
Teresa Pastor Navarro1, Luz Maria Moratalla Charcos, Jose Manuel Osca Garcia
1Urology Department, University Hospital Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain. teresapastornavarro@gmail.com
Objective:
To report a case of a right hypochondrium giant mass in a 40-year-old patient.
Methods:
We report the case of a 40 year-old male referred to our Department because of right hypochondrium pain and increased abdominal perimeter. Radiological examination showed a 30 × 24 × 20 cm retroperitoneal mass, dependent on the upper pole of the right kidney.
Results:
We performed radical nephrectomy through a mid line laparotomy. The pathological analysis described it as a clear cell renal carcinoma pT2bN0M0.
Conclusion:
There are few reported cases of renal carcinomas with intraparenchymal bleeding exceeding 20 cm, the largest one exceeding 10 kg, and they usually show a good prognosis.
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