Primary Renal Cell Lymphoma: Case Report, Diagnosis, and Management

Rajat Thawani; Amarendra Amar; Jayanta Patowary; Sumaid Kaul; Amarnath Jena; Pratap Das

doi:10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_167_16

Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2017; 38(04): 545-547
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_167_16

Case Report

Primary Renal Cell Lymphoma: Case Report, Diagnosis, and Management

Rajat Thawani

Internal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY,

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Amarendra Amar

Department of Hematology and Oncology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India

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Jayanta Patowary

Department of Hematology and Oncology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India

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Sumaid Kaul

Department of Pathology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India

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Amarnath Jena

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India

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Pratap Das

Department of Hematology and Oncology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India

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Abstract

The symptoms of primary renal lymphoma (PRL) may mimic a renal cell carcinoma. Since the diagnosis is mostly after a radical nephrectomy, we recommend a percutaneous biopsy or cytology from the renal mass in patients who have features suggestive of a lymphoma. A magnetic resonance imaging may give an image more specific for a lymphoma. There are no clinical trials for the treatment of PRL, but all previously published case reports used R-CHOP and a few patients did better than the median survival of 6 months.

Keywords

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma - positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance imaging - renal lymphoma

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