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ArticleBMC urology2023

Collecting duct carcinoma with retroperitoneal mass as initial presentation: a rare case report.

Rupei Ye, Yehui Liao, Tian Xia, Xinfeng Zhang, Qiyi Lu, Xiuli Xiao

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Article in BMC urology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rupei YeDepartment of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan province, China.
Yehui LiaoDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Tian XiaDepartment of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan province, China.
Xinfeng ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Yanyuan County People's Hospital, XiChang, China.
Qiyi LuDepartment of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan province, China.
Xiuli XiaoDepartment of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan province, China. pathology2022@163.com.
Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University · CNXian Yang Central Hospital · CN

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the Applied Basic Research Fund of Sichuan Province No.2020YJ0494
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCollecting duct carcinoma (CDC) is a rare renal tumor, originating from the distal collecting duct. CDC rarely presents as a primary tumor outside the renal system. CASE PRESENTATION: In this study, we report a rare case of collecting duct carcinoma, with an initial presentation of retroperitoneal lymph node metastasis, and no identifiable primary renal tumor on CT, at the time of diagnosis. The patient was a 64-year-old man presenting with lower back pain. Preoperative CT showed a round, soft tissue mass, measuring 6.7 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm, in the left retroperitoneum with no exact occupying lesion in the left kidney. Clinically, ectopic pheochromocytoma was considered to be a differential diagnosis, and tumor resection was performed. Postoperative pathological results demonstrated that the mass was a fused lymph node, and the tumor cells were destroying the structure. The final diagnosis was lymph node metastatic collecting duct carcinoma, by histology and immunohistochemistry. No further treatment was performed as no space occupying lesion was found in the kidney. Three months later, CT was reexamined, and a mass of 3.6 cm in diameter, was found in the lower left kidney, along with multiple soft tissue masses, in the left renal hilum. Considering recurrence or metastasis, the patient was recommended to undergo surgical treatment, but the patient refused. Four months later, CT was re-examined. The tumor had rapidly progressed but the patient refused treatment again. As per the author's press release (eleven months after the first discovery), the patient is still alive.

conclusionCDC is a rare malignant renal carcinoma, with a high chance of rapid progress, regional lymph nodes involvement and metastasis. It presents diagnostic challenges to clinicians and pathologists, particularly, in the absence of radiographically detectable intrarenal lesions. Definite diagnosis is based on pathological examination combined with immunohistochemical staining.

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Carcinoma, Renal CellKidney NeoplasmsRetroperitoneal SpaceHumansLymphatic MetastasisLymph NodesMaleMiddle AgedCase reportCollecting duct carcinomaLymph node metastasis

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