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ArticleOncology letters2026

Fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma arising in acquired cystic kidney disease in a hemodialysis patient: Diagnostic clues from percutaneous renal mass core needle biopsy: A case report.

Yuki Oba, Hisashi Kamido, Kei Kono, Katsuyuki Miki, Shinji Ito, Akinari Sekine, Shigekazu Kurihara, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Tatsuya Suwabe, Yutaka Takazawa and 5 more

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Yuki ObaNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8587, Japan.
Hisashi KamidoNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8587, Japan.
Kei KonoDepartment of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan.
Katsuyuki MikiNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8587, Japan.
Shinji ItoDepartment of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan.
Akinari SekineNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8587, Japan.
Shigekazu KuriharaNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8587, Japan.
Masayuki YamanouchiNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8587, Japan.
Tatsuya SuwabeNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8587, Japan.
Yutaka TakazawaDepartment of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan.
Kenichi OhashiDepartment of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan.
Yoji NagashimaDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
Yuki NakamuraNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8587, Japan.
Yoshifumi UbaraNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8587, Japan.
Naoki SawaNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-8587, Japan.

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Abstract

A 76-year-old male patient with a 30-year history of dialysis presented with persistent fever and hematuria. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging suggested a cyst infection associated with acquired cystic kidney disease. Although cyst drainage was planned, ultrasonography incidentally detected a solid mass within the kidney cyst, prompting a switch from drainage to percutaneous biopsy. Histopathological examination revealed fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma, and nephrectomy was performed. Diagnosis of dialysis-associated renal carcinoma relies on imaging techniques. However, it can be difficult to identify malignant tumors in a polycystic kidney using imaging alone, and pathological confirmation by biopsy is often required. The present report highlights the usefulness of performing needle biopsy for suspected masses using the same method that is used by nephrologists for kidney biopsy in cases in which determining the lesion nature from imaging alone is difficult and in hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma arising in acquired cystic kidney disease as a dialysis-associated renal carcinoma.

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ACKDFHdRCChemodialysiskidney biopsynephrectomy

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PMID41321847
PMCPMC12661386

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