title: Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma presenting as hemorrhagic shock: case report.
abstract: The majority of patients with chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (CRCC) are determined to be asymptomatic, with a small minority of patients having the classic triad of flank pain, hematuria, and abdominal mass. This case report describes a 56-year-old man first seen with hemorrhagic shock from retroperitoneal bleeding attributable to a large renal mass. An emergent exploratory laparotomy and radical nephrectomy were performed and the patient has since remained disease free at 3 year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Adam E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Perlmutter
authors.forename: Brock
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oliverio
authors.forename: H James
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaslau
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015897:Comorbidity; D006406:Hematoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology*