TY - JOUR
AR - COR-2020-8-106
TI - Spontaneous Rupture of Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Rare Case Report
AU - Richa, Chauhan
AU - Gyanendra , Singh
AU - Upendra , Prasad Singh
JO - Clinical Oncology and Research
PY - 2020
DA - Mon 03, Aug 2020
SN - 2613-4942
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.COR.2020.08.06
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/spontaneous-rupture-of-renal-cell-carcinoma-a-rare-case-report_COR-2020-8-106 
KW - Spontaneous rupture, renal cell carcinoma, acute pain abdomen, nephrectomy
AB - 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.