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CASE REPORT
Year : 2021  |  Volume : 12  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 32-34

Renal cell carcinoma arising within autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease


1 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
2 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
3 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

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Dr. Abdullahi Ahmad
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Bayero University, Kano
Nigeria
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DOI: 10.4103/atp.atp_54_20

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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) arising within autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is rare. The detection of this complication in patients with ADPKD is difficult owing to the nonspecific symptoms. Here, we describe a case of a young woman who presented with RCC in the background of ADPKD. She had radical nephrectomy, followed by adjuvant chemotherapy.


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