Cystic renal cell carcinoma (report of 12 cases) / 中华泌尿外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the diagnosis and treatment of cystic renal cell carcinoma. Methods 12 cases of cystic renal cell carcinoma have been identified. Imaging studies showed no specific evidence of malignance and the preoperative diagnosis was a complex cystic mass in all but 2.All the 12 cases had been surgically explored,intraoperative pathological examination being undertaken in 9,8 of them demonstrating a malignant cystic renal clear cell carcinoma.Radical nephrectomy was carried out in 7,simple nephrectomy in 3,partial nephrectomy in 1 and one cyst unroofed. Results All the 12 cases were confirmed as cystic renal clear cell carcinoma on pathology.All the patients have been followed up for a mean of 39.5 months and the overall results were excellent with no evidence of cancer recurrence or metastasis. Conclusions Intraoperative pathological examination should be performed in suspected cases of cystic renal cell carcinoma.The prognosis is fair for cystic renal clear cell carcinoma.Nephrectomy or partial nephrectomy is indicated.