Ni Jinsong, Cui Ni, Wang Yanfang, Liu Jixuan
Department of Pathology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Department of General Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Front Oncol. 2021 Apr 26;11:659706. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.659706. eCollection 2021.
Thyroid-like follicular renal cell carcinoma is a rare subtype of renal cell carcinoma that has only been recently recognized, as most cases involve a solid tumor in one kidney. In this study, we report a rare case of bilateral renal cell carcinoma wherein the tumor in the left kidney was diagnosed as clear cell carcinoma, while the tumor in right kidney as thyroid-like follicular renal cell carcinoma. The difference between this case and the ones described in previous reports is that thyroid-like follicular renal cell carcinoma showed cystic changes on imaging. This suggests that when renal cystic lesions are encountered, we should consider the possibility of such rare tumors.
甲状腺样滤泡性肾细胞癌是肾细胞癌的一种罕见亚型,直到最近才被认识到,因为大多数病例涉及一侧肾脏的实性肿瘤。在本研究中,我们报告了一例罕见的双侧肾细胞癌病例,其中左肾肿瘤被诊断为透明细胞癌,而右肾肿瘤为甲状腺样滤泡性肾细胞癌。该病例与先前报道的病例的不同之处在于,甲状腺样滤泡性肾细胞癌在影像学上表现出囊性改变。这表明,当遇到肾囊性病变时,我们应考虑这种罕见肿瘤的可能性。