Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma in an 18-year-old female

Publication date: Available online 1 August 2016 Source:African Journal of Urology Author(s): I. Saguem, S. Charfi, R. Kallel, S. Makni, M. Fourati, L. Ayadi, M.N. Mhiri, T. Boudawara Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in young adults is uncommon. Whether they have different clinicopathologic characteristics and outcomes from those in older patients is still a conflicting matter. In this article we present an uncommon subtype of RCC which is chromophobe RCC (chRCC) in a female aged less than 20 years.
Source: African Journal of Urology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research