HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF RENAL TUMORS IN RESECTED NEPHRECTOMY SPECIMENS - AN EXPERIENCE FROM TERITARY CARE CENTRE
| Title: | HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF RENAL TUMORS IN RESECTED NEPHRECTOMY SPECIMENS - AN EXPERIENCE FROM TERITARY CARE CENTRE |
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| Authors: | Nusrat Bashir, Yasir Bashir, Parveen Shah, Nazia Bhat, Othman Salim, Nuzhat Samoon, Humaira Bashir, Saleem Hussain, Dekyong Angmo, Tazeen Geelani, Danish Khan |
| Source: | National Journal of Medical Research, Vol 5, Iss 01 (2015) |
| Publisher Information: | Medsci Publications, 2015. |
| Publication Year: | 2015 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: | Renal tumors, clear cell, Wilms, Nephrectomy, Medicine |
| More Details: | Objectives: To study the histopathological spectrum of renal tumors in resected nephrectomy specimens at a tertiary care hospital and to analyze the age distribution of renal tumors . Materials and Methods: 184 patients from department of Pathology, Sheri-kashmir institute of medical sciences, Srinagar Kashmir were included in this study. Renal tumors in resected nephrectomy specimens over a period of 10 years from June 2002 to May 2012 were studied. Relevant clinical details were collected from record section of the department. Results: Of the total of 184 renal tumors studied (89.13%) were found to be malignant and (10.86%) were benign tumors .Most of of patients presented in 4th to 5th decade of life with male to female ratio of 1.70:1. Most common presentation in our patients was flank pain. Histopathologically RCC-clear cell type was the most common subtype in adults and Wilms tumor was the most common childhood tumor Conclusion: RCC is the commonest malignant tumor and conventional/clear cell RCC is the most common subtype in adults. Wilms tumor was the most common childhood tumor. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2249-4995 2277-8810 |
| Relation: | https://njmr.in/index.php/file/article/view/337; https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4995; https://doaj.org/toc/2277-8810 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/9b2fad86064a455f8837173b7aa67605 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.9b2fad86064a455f8837173b7aa67605 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 22494995 22778810 |
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| Published in: | National Journal of Medical Research |
| Language: | English |