Hajrah Hilal Ahmed, Rabia Ahmed, Jamalud Din.
Metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a case report.
Pak J Surg Jan ;34(3):267-70.

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is also known as Grawitz\'s tumor or Hypernephroma. It is an adenocarcinoma, which originates in renal cortex and is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. Nephrectomy is the treatment of choice. We present a case of a 50 year old patient. The present case study focuses on management of a 60 year old male patient with RCC. This 60 year old male who was salesman by profession, presented in outpatient department with history of loss of apetite, loss of weight and feeling of heaviness in the left flank. On examination patient looks wasted. His vitals are within normal limits. Abdominal examination revealed lump of the size of 10x9.5 cms in the right lumbar region. Abdominal ultrasound and CT adbomen were suggestive of renal malignancy. Patient underwent nephrectomy. Histopathology was consistent renal cell carcinoma.

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