Background: Warthin-like papillary renal cell carcinoma (WPRCC) has been described as a rare pathological subtype of papillary renal cell carcinoma in the 2022 World Health Organization Classification of the Urinary and Male Reproductive System. Herein we report a case of WPRCC in the left kidney.
Case summary: Physical examination of a previously healthy 47-year-old woman revealed a lump in her left kidney, 4.5 cm × 3.5 cm × 3.5 cm in size. Based on the clinical information, imaging data, histmorphological features, and immunohistochemistry results, the pathological diagnosis was WPRCC in left kidney.
Conclusion: Resection of the mass in the left kidney was performed and her postoperative course was uneventful.
Keywords: Case report; Clinicopathologic features; Papillary renal cell carcinoma; Warthin-like.
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