BACKGROUND Papillary renal cell carcinoma is a rare cancer. Some cases can be attributed to individuals with hereditary renal cell carcinomas usually consisting of the clear cell subtype. In addition, two syndromes with hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma have been described. One is the hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma, which is characterized by cutaneous and uterine lei...

UNLABELLED Synchronous occurrence of benign and malignant kidney tumours is very rare. We present the case of a 63-year-old female patient who underwent a bilateral partial nephrectomy after being diagnosed with bilateral kidney tumours by ultrasonography and a computed tomography scan. Histopathological analysis of the left kidney tumour mass revealed a chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. In the...

The incidence of renal cell cancer has been increasing worldwide. Although the incidence of renal cell cancer in Japan is lower than the rates in the other industrialized countries, there is no doubt that it is increasing. In this paper, we would like to introduce the result of our studies, which evaluate the risk factors for renal cell cancer in Japan. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, kidney d...

Case Description- On 23 July 2007, a four-years-old ewe, was referred to Veterinary Clinic of Tabriz Islamic Azad University. The clinical  examination revealed lethargy, weight loss and hematuria in clinical examination. Left kidney in external palpation was painful, enlarged and abnormal. Treatment and Outcome- Laparotomy was done for exploratory diagnosis. In laparotomy the left kidney ...

Background: Our study aimed to establish a clinically practical and reliable prognostic nomogram based on the important factors predict prognosis of patients with lung metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Renal cell carcinoma is one of the most common malignant neoplasms genitourinary system. Along with smoking and hereditary syndromes associated mutations in Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene, obesity main risk factors for development renal carcinoma. Emerging data indicate a causal relationship between In large study within framework Metabolic Syndrome Cancer project, clinical on blood pressure, bod...

we present a rare case with history of neurological symptoms due to multiple brain metastases and no urological symptoms. during patient evaluation for primary tumor, transitional cell carcinoma (tcc) of left renal pelvis was found. the patient underwent gamma knife stereotactic radio-surgery for the metastatic brain lesions. radical nephroureterectomy was performed, and a 4-cycle course of pac...

A 49-year-old man presented with an incidentally detected right renal mass on a health examination. The abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a 3-cm right renal mass suspected of being a hypovascular tumor, such as papillary renal cell carcinoma, and an osteoblastic metastatic lesion on the right iliac bone. However, we missed a bone lesion at the time of diagnosis...

patients. in this disease the risk of many malignancies is increased, of which the most important is non- hodgkin lymphoma of the small intestine. other malignancies include adenocarcinoma of the small intestine and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. to the best of our knowledge, thus far only one case of celiac disease associated with hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma has been repo...