International Journal of Health & Allied Sciences

CASE REPORT
Year
: 2014  |  Volume : 3  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 267--269

Sarcomatoid renal clear cell carcinoma presenting with polycythemia: A case report with review of literature


Monika Rathi1, Satish Kumar Budania2, Mohammad Khalid3, Ankur Mittal4 
1 Department of Pathology, Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College, Meerut; Department of Pathology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College and Research Center, Moradabad, India
2 Department of Psychiatry, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, India
3 Department of Surgery, Mayo Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
4 Department of Urology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

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Monika Rathi
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Clear cell carcinomas (CCCs) are the common renal cell tumors. Sarcomatoid change in the clear cell tumors is uncommon. Not only this sarcomatoid change raises the grade of the tumors thereby adversely affecting the prognosis but it also may pose diagnostic problems. We discuss a case of diabetic female who presented with abdominal mass and polycythemia. She presented with grade IV and stage I CCC with sarcomatoid change. The tumor belonged to stage I. Left sided nephrectomy and splenectomy was done to treat the tumor. Postoperative radiotherapy was done. The patient was followed-up for a period of 2 years, no recurrence was noted. We report this case due to its unusual clinical and histological presentation.


How to cite this article:
Rathi M, Budania SK, Khalid M, Mittal A. Sarcomatoid renal clear cell carcinoma presenting with polycythemia: A case report with review of literature.Int J Health Allied Sci 2014;3:267-269


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Rathi M, Budania SK, Khalid M, Mittal A. Sarcomatoid renal clear cell carcinoma presenting with polycythemia: A case report with review of literature. Int J Health Allied Sci [serial online] 2014 [cited 2024 Mar 28 ];3:267-269
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