title: Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the renal parenchyma.
abstract: No case of a primary renal parenchymal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) has been reported previously in the literature although renal pelvic SCCs are well known. We report an unusual case in a 60-year-old lady who presented with significant weight loss. She was found to have a mid and lower pole left renal tumor with enlarged para-aortic nodes. A left radical nephrectomy and nodal dissection was performed and the pathological stage was T4N1M0. No adjuvant therapy was given. She is alive at 13 months post-surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Army Hospital, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kulshreshtha
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Batra
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed