Open AccessRenal mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Niraj Kumari,
Poonam Chhabra,
Udita Dewan,
Manoj Jain
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.4103/0377-4929.55007
Subject(s) - pathology , renal cell carcinoma , nephron , papillary renal cell carcinomas , medicine , clear cell carcinoma , kidney , clear cell , flank pain , carcinoma , radiology
Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma is a rare variant of renal cell carcinoma, which has recently been described. It has a low malignant potential and is usually confined to the kidney. These are thought to be of the loop of Henle or distal nephron origin. We report a 65-year-old male who presented with flank pain, hematuria and a well-defined renal mass that was diagnosed as mucinous tubular and spindle cell tumor.