nonfunctional adrenocortical carcinoma is an extremely rare malignant tumor in children. unlike the functional tumor which is detected early due to its hormonal presentation, nonfunctional tumor is detected at a later stage. here we report a case of a 10 year old girl who presented with abdominal mass and symptoms of short duration. no hypertension and cushingoid features were seen. serum alpha...

Nivolumab plus ipilimumab (nivo/ipi) is an approved therapy for patients with intermediate-risk or poor-risk metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Clinical factors that guide the selection of this regimen mRCC are urgently needed. We retrospectively analyzed medical records who were hospitalized at MD Anderson Cancer Center because cancer-related symptoms and received their first cycle nivo/i...

A patient with microscopic metastatic renal cell carcinoma within liver focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is reported here. The initial CT scan was classic for liver FNH yet the following liver resection showed a microscopic metastatic renal cell carcinoma (0.48 cm) within the liver nodule. FNH in a patient with existing primary tumor probably warrants further investigation as the coexistence of ...

INTRODUCTION Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma is universally accepted as a distinct subtype of renal cell carcinoma. There are conflicting reports on prognosis, and few data on response to treatment exist. Currently, we do not have any effective treatment for the metastatic disease apart from surgical procedures. Current strategies are based on results obtained in the context of clear cell-type...

Gallbladder metastases are rare, that too from a renal malignancy further rare. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for 3% of adult malignancies and >30% cases already metastatic by the time presentation. Neither gallbladder is usual site RCC to metastasize nor clear common in secondaries. We report one such case 50-year-old man who was incidentally diagnosed have left sided developed lung d...

INTRODUCTION Metastatic lesions of the oral cavity are extremely rare, accounting for approximately 1% of all malignant oral tumors. The most common primary sources of metastatic tumors in the oral region are, from the most to the least common, the breast, lung, kidney, bone, and colon. Renal cell carcinoma accounts for nearly 3% of all adult malignancies. It usually metastasizes to the lungs, ...