Open AccessPrimary squamous cell carcinoma of the renal parenchyma
Author(s) -
Pranjal Kulshreshtha,
N Kannan,
Rajinder Bhardwaj,
Swati Batra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.101747
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , parenchyma , pathological , renal parenchyma , basal cell , renal cell carcinoma , stage (stratigraphy) , dissection (medical) , carcinoma , kidney , pathology , urology , radiology , paleontology , biology
No case of a primary renal parenchymal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) has been reported previously in the literature although renal pelvic SCCs are well known. We report an unusual case in a 60-year-old lady who presented with significant weight loss. She was found to have a mid and lower pole left renal tumor with enlarged para-aortic nodes. A left radical nephrectomy and nodal dissection was performed and the pathological stage was T4N1M0. No adjuvant therapy was given. She is alive at 13 months post-surgery.