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[Tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma with poorly differentiated foci]
Fanny Derquin1, S Moreau2, F Dargent3
1Service d'oncologie médicale, CRLCC Eugène-Marquis, avenue de la Bataille-Flandres-Dunkerque, 35042 Rennes, France.
Annales De Pathologie
|July 23, 2017
Abstract:
Tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma is a rare tumor with an indolent behavior in the majority of cases. In contrast, tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma with poorly differentiated foci has a bad prognosis with an aggressive and metastatic behavior. We present the case of a patient diagnosed with tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma with poorly differentiated foci.
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