A case report of an unusual kidney tumor: Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

Grbić Dragan¹  Živojinov Mirjana²  Lakić Tanja²  Ilić Aleksandra²  Ilić-Sabo Jelena²  Jeremić Dimitrije³ 

[1] Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Urology Clinic, Novi Sad, Serbia;University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad, Serbia + Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Center for Pathology and Histology, Novi Sad, Serbia;University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad, Serbia + Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Urology Clinic, Novi Sad, Serbia;

关键词: kidney neoplasms;    carcinoma, renal cell;    adenocarcinoma mucinous;    diagnosis;    nephrectomy;    treatment outcome;   

DOI  :  10.2298/VSP190523108L

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Introduction. Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma of the kidney (MTSCC) is a rare and recently described subtype of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). As its name indicates, the tumor is composed of three morphological structures: tubules consisted of cuboidal cells, spindle cells, and extracellular mucus. Case report. A 59-year-old female patient was admitted to the Emergency Center of the Clinical Center of Vojvodina due to injuries sustained in a traffic accident. After diagnostic procedures, computer tomography (CT) revealed a large asymptomatic cyst of the upper pole of the left kidney as an incidental finding. Four months later, after recovering from traumatic injuries, a control CT confirmed a well-circumscribed tumor, 90 mm in diameter, confined to a kidney, and a radical nephrectomy was performed. Histopathological evaluation showed that the necrotic tumor mass consisted of tubules made of cuboidal cells and cords made of spindle cells separated by pale mucinous material in some areas, while other tumor parts were of dense cellularity without mucin. No atypia was found. Conclusion. MTSCC is a variant of papillary RCC, thus, it is usually mistaken with papillary RCC with sarcomatoid differentiation. Because of the same immunoprofile as papillary RCC, histomorphology is imposed as the gold standard for making the diagnosis. MTSCC is a tumor with a generally favorable prognosis, and complete surgical excision appears to be adequate treatment, but single cases with metastatic disease have been reported. In this case, there were no signs of the dis-ease one year after surgery.

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