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CASE REPORT
Mixed collecting duct and renal cell carcinoma presenting with spinal cord compression
  1. Derek B Hennessey1,
  2. Arun Z Thomas2,
  3. Thomas H Lynch2
  1. 1Department of Urology, Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown, Northern Ireland, UK
  2. 2Department of Urology, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
  1. Correspondence to Derek Barrry Hennessey, derek.hennessey{at}gmail.com

Summary

Collecting duct carcinoma (CDC) is a rare renal malignancy thought to develop from the collecting duct epithelium of the kidney. CDC tends to have a more aggressive clinical course than conventional renal cell carcinoma (RCC), with early metastases. The occurrence of a mixed CDC and conventional RCC is infrequently reported in the literature. We report the first case of a metastatic mixed CDC and RCC presenting as back pain in a young adult. In addition we discuss the epidemiology of and current adjuvant therapies for CDC.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-008987

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