Concurrent Presence of Cystic Clear Cell Carcinoma Posing as a Simple Cyst in a Kidney with Primary Papillary Carcinoma

Kaveh Homayoon, Dave Harikrishna

Department of Pathology, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, USA.
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/oju.2012.22014                

Abstract

We report a case with a primary papillary RCC with concurrent presence of a separate occult cystic carcinoma posing as a simple cyst on preoperative imaging studies.

Keywords

Kidney Cancer; Renal Cyst; Nephrectomy

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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