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- Title
Thyroid-like follicular carcinoma of the kidney presenting in a 13-year-old female: a case report from Syria.
- Authors
Mousa, Ahmad Al; Rahmeh, Sami; Rezkallah, Vairy; Ghabreau, Lina; Alhadid, Ibrahim
- Abstract
Thyroid-like follicular carcinoma of the kidney (TLFCK) is a rare cancer that emerged to the medical literature only a few years ago. We present here the first case of thyroid follicular carcinoma-like renal tumor from Syria. The case presented symptomatically and was managed in our surgical unit. Generally, the presenting age described for the previous cases was 19–60 (mean 39.5) with only three cases with younger ages. Here in our case, the patient is only 13 years old making this only the fourth case worldwide of TLFCK in a child. The microscopic view of the tumor showed distinct thyroid features. In addition the immunohistochemical stains played the definitive role in the diagnosis. The staining for Vimentin, and CK19 were diffusively positive. CK7 was focally positive, whereas TTf1, Thyroglobulin, WT1, CD10 and EMA were negative. It is important to consider this diagnosis to spare the patient the treatment protocol of primary thyroid cancer with metastasis.
- Subjects
SYRIA; THYROID cancer; KIDNEYS; CARCINOMA; MEDICAL literature; KIDNEY tumors; IMMUNOSTAINING
- Publication
Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2022, Vol 2022, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
2042-8812
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/jscr/rjac467