Unclassified Renal Cell Carcinoma With Medullary Phenotype Versus Renal Medullary Carcinoma: Lessons From Diagnosis in an Italian Man Found to Harbor Sickle Cell Trait

Medullary carcinoma is a rare malignant tumor of the kidney. It affects individuals of African descent and all cases reported show evidence of sickle cell trait. We reviewed an unusual carcinoma arising in a white man, the ninth in the literature. The tumor demonstrated features associated with rena...

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Main Authors: Piergiuseppe Colombo, Steven C. Smith, Simona Massa, Salvatore L. Renne, Simona Brambilla, Roberto Peschechera, Pierpaolo Graziotti, Massimo Roncalli, Mahul B. Amin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442015001126