Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in kidney resected for renal cell carcinoma.
A diagnosis of renal dysfunction is usually made on the basis of clinical, biochemical, radiologic, and renal tissue analysis. Accurate diagnosis often requires a renal biopsy, but that procedure is contraindicated in certain clinical circumstances, particularly in patients who have only one kidney. We describe a patient who previously had undergone left nephrectomy for a renal clear cell carcinoma, in whom the diagnosis of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis was made on retrospective analysis of remnant renal tissue from the patient's nephrectomy specimen.
Ejaz
A Ahsan
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Division of Hypertension and Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Geiger
Xochi J
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Wasiluk
Andrew
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D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged