Renal medullary carcinoma: an aggressive neoplasm in patients with sickle cell trait.
Renal medullary carcinoma is a recently described tumor that occurs exclusively in patients with sickle cell trait. Although extremely rare, the distinctive demographic, clinical, and radiologic findings should suggest the diagnosis of this aggressive neoplasm.
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Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014567:Urography