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Renal medullary carcinoma in a patient with sickle-cell disease

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Background A 36-year-old black male with sickle-cell disease, asthma, and dyslipidemia presented with shortness of breath, chest pain, lethargy, and recent fever. Physical examination revealed mild respiratory distress.

Investigations Chest X-ray, CT, abdominal ultrasound, and MRI.

Diagnosis Renal medullary carcinoma.

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Figure 1: Imaging of the renal mass.
Figure 2: Gross pathology of renal mass.
Figure 3: Histology of renal mass.

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  1. medical student at the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and is due to begin his Urology residency at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Kumaran Sathyamoorthy

  2. Urology Resident at the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine,

    Arnold Teo & Marwan Atallah

  3. Medical Director of the New York Stone Center at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Arnold Teo & Marwan Atallah

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Sathyamoorthy, K., Teo, A. & Atallah, M. Renal medullary carcinoma in a patient with sickle-cell disease. Nat Rev Urol 3, 279–283 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0483

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