Spontaneous Rupture of Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Rare Case Report

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Richa Chauhan Gyanendra Singh Upendra Prasad Singh

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Richa Chauhan
Senior Consultant, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna, India

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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is an uncommon malignant tumor of the kidney, particularly in the Asian population. It is more commonly seen in an elderly male patient with typical complains of haematuria, flank pain and lump. Recently incidental diagnosis of small RCCs has been rising due to increased used of abdominal imaging for other reasons. Spontaneous rupture of a renal mass leading to large perinephric collection and presenting as an acute pain abdomen in an adult male is a rare finding but should be considered as a differential diagnosis. The most common cause of spontaneously ruptured renal mass includes benign tumor as angiomyolipoma followed by malignant tumor like RCC, vascular causes, coagulation defects and infection in other cases. Contrast enhanced CT scan is the most common imaging modality used for diagnosis. Initial resuscitation depending up on the patient’s general condition followed by nephrectomy for malignant tumors and embolization for benign tumors is the treatment of choice.

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Received: Sat 04, Jul 2020
Accepted: Fri 17, Jul 2020
Published: Mon 03, Aug 2020

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© 2023 Richa Chauhan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.COR.2020.08.06