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Transitional cell carcinoma arising in a calyceal cyst mimicking a cystic renal tumour
Jeong Ho Kim1, Joo Yeon Song2, Wan Lee1
1Department of Urology, Dongnam Institution of Radiological & Medical Sciences Cancer Center, Korea;
Abstract:
Solitary renal cysts are relatively common. The occurrence of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) in a renal cyst is rare. We present the case of a 59-year-old man with a medical history of viral hepatitis B. During a workup for his hepatitis, a computed tomography scan revealed a large cystic tumour in the upper region of the left kidney. A radical left nephrectomy was performed. Microscopic examination of the cystic tumour revealed a grade 2 TCC. The cyst was lined by transitional epithelium. This is a case of a TCC growing within a renal calyceal cyst.
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