Rabia Ahmed, Hafeez Ud Din, Shoaib Naiyar Hashmi.
Rhabdoid variant of clear cell renal cell carcinoma– a case report.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;65(3):432-4.

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for 2% of all malignancies and over 90% of all renal malignancies. It is a tumour of adults with an average age at diagnosis of 55-60 years and a male to female ratio of 2:1. Of the various histological subtypes, clear cell type is the most common1. Rhabdoid tumour is a malignant tumour of the kidney which occurs typically in children, however only a few cases of pure rhabdoid tumours have been reported in adults2. Rhabdoid variant of clear cell renal cell carcinoma also known as adult clear cell renal cell carcinoma with rhabdoid features is an uncommon tumor in adults. Literature shows that about 5% of the renal cell carcinomas exhibit rhabdoid features. Moreover, it is a high grade neoplasm with aggressive behaviour and a dismal outcome3.

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