A 70-year-old man presented with left-sided flank pain and weight loss of two-month duration.
Clinical workup revealed a palpable mass, increased creatinine (165 μmol/L) and trace of blood on urinalysis. Imaging showed a large (18.0cm) multicystic mass replacing left kidney and a T12 vertebral body lytic lesion. Patient underwent an open radical nephrectomy.
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Iakovleva G, Iakovlev V, Ordon M, Srigley J, Yousef GM. Are you the author?
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
Reference: Histopathology. 2014 Aug 11. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1111/his.12502
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PMID: 25109328