{"title":"A rare case of renal medullary carcinoma without sickle cell hemoglobinopathy in a Japanese woman","authors":"Masanori Ishizaki , Masaru Hasumi , Kazumichi Muramatsu , Misa Iijima , Nobuaki Shimizu","doi":"10.1016/j.eucr.2025.102996","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Diagnostic and treatment guidelines for renal medullary carcinoma are not established. A 52-year-old Japanese woman presented to her general physician with symptoms of cough and respiratory distress. A primary malignant tumor of the right kidney and multiple metastases were suspected during imaging; therefore, she was referred to our department for consultation. The results of a computed tomography-guided tumor biopsy revealed a diagnosis of renal medullary carcinoma without sickle cell hemoglobinopathy. This case was atypical because renal medullary carcinoma was not accompanied by sickle cell hemoglobinopathy and the patient was Japanese.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38188,"journal":{"name":"Urology Case Reports","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 102996"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Urology Case Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442025000671","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Diagnostic and treatment guidelines for renal medullary carcinoma are not established. A 52-year-old Japanese woman presented to her general physician with symptoms of cough and respiratory distress. A primary malignant tumor of the right kidney and multiple metastases were suspected during imaging; therefore, she was referred to our department for consultation. The results of a computed tomography-guided tumor biopsy revealed a diagnosis of renal medullary carcinoma without sickle cell hemoglobinopathy. This case was atypical because renal medullary carcinoma was not accompanied by sickle cell hemoglobinopathy and the patient was Japanese.