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TheScientificWorldJOURNAL
Volume 11 (2011), Pages 1173-1177
doi:10.1100/tsw.2011.120
Composite Oncocytoma and Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney Treated by Partial Nephrectomy: A Case Report
1Department of Urology, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK
2Department of Pathology, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK
Received 15 February 2011; Accepted 31 May 2011
Academic Editor: Anthony Atala
Copyright © 2011 Michael S. Floyd Jr. et al.
ABSTRACT
We present the case of a 73-year-old woman who presented with lethargy and a nonproductive cough. Computerised tomography of her abdomen revealed a 38-mm mass in the lower pole of her left kidney. She underwent a partial nephrectomy, with final histopathological analysis confirming the presence of a concomitant oncocytoma and papillary cell carcinoma. To our knowledge, this is the only case report in the world literature describing a papillary renal cell carcinoma within an oncocytoma treated by partial nephrectomy.