title: Bellini duct carcinoma: two case reports.
abstract: We report two rare cases of Bellini duct carcinoma, a rare variant of renal cell carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient, a 73-year-old female, was admitted to the hospital for macroscopic hematuria and right flank pain. She was diagnosed to have a stage IV Bellini duct carcinoma. There was a progression of the disease despite chemotherapy. She died 21 months later.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient, an 81-year-old male, was admitted to the hospital for generalized fatigue, weight loss and left flank pain. He was diagnosed to have a stage IV Bellini duct carcinoma. The patient was treated with chemotherapy; he died six months later. We report the clinicopathological features of two cases of Bellini duct carcinoma in order to contribute to the related literature of this rare disease.
authors: Rami
authors: R
authors: Jabbour
authors: Janah
authors: J
authors: Maddah
authors: Rita
authors: R
authors: Makhoul
authors: Elias
authors: E
authors: Mokbel
authors: Fady
authors: F
authors: Nasr
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male