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Renal medullary carcinoma

We report the case of a 24-year-old patient who presented a left kidney tumor that was diagnosed as a medullary renal cell carcinoma. The following aspects of this neoplasia are discussed in this communication: frequency, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, histopathological findings, differential diagnosis and follow-up.

Kidney; Kidney neoplasms; Sickle cell trait; Renal medullary carcinoma


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