Renal medullary carcinoma: Report of a case with positive urinary cytology

Renal medullary carcinoma is an aggressive neoplasm of the renal pelvis arising in patients with a history of sickle‐cell trait. The authors report a case of renal medullary carcinoma with positive urinary cytology. Due to the location of the tumor in the renal pelvis and the loosely cohesive nature...

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Published in:Diagnostic cytopathology 1998-04, Vol.18 (4), p.276-279
Main Authors: Larson, David M., Gilstad, Colleen W., Manson, Gregg W., Henry, Michael R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Carcinoma, Medullary - secondary
Carcinoma, Medullary - urine
cervical cytology
Female
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms - pathology
Kidney Neoplasms - urine
Kidneys
Medical sciences
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
renal medullary carcinoma
sickle-cell trait
Tumors of the urinary system
urinary tract cytology
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Summary:Renal medullary carcinoma is an aggressive neoplasm of the renal pelvis arising in patients with a history of sickle‐cell trait. The authors report a case of renal medullary carcinoma with positive urinary cytology. Due to the location of the tumor in the renal pelvis and the loosely cohesive nature of poorly differentiated neoplasms, the presence of renal medullary carcinoma in a urinary cytology specimen is not surprising. The cytologic characteristics as well as the ultrastructural features are described. Diagn. Cytopathol. 1998;18:276–279. Published 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.
ISSN:8755-1039
1097-0339
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199804)18:4<276::AID-DC5>3.0.CO;2-A