Asynchronous collecting duct carcinoma of the kidney and pulmonary adenocarcinoma. A case report

Pol J Pathol. 2002;53(4):229-34.

Abstract

Collecting duct carcinoma (CDC) is a rare renal malignancy accounting for about 0.4-2.6% of cases. We report a case of CDC in a 61-year-old woman previously operated on for pulmonary adenocarcinoma. On histological examination and immunohistochemical research diagnosis of asynchronous primary bronchial carcinoma and renal CDC was made. The authors review the available literature on CDC and differential diagnosis of metastatic versus primary renal carcinomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Tubules, Collecting / metabolism
  • Kidney Tubules, Collecting / pathology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / metabolism
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology*