Polycythemia with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Normal Erythropoietin Level
A 61-year-old obese Caucasian male with past medical history of smoking, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and sleep apnea presented to the hematology clinic with polycythemia. Despite the newly-diagnosed polycythemia, the patient denied any significant symptoms or history...
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| description | A 61-year-old obese Caucasian male with past medical history of smoking, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and sleep apnea presented to the hematology clinic with polycythemia. Despite the newly-diagnosed polycythemia, the patient denied any significant symptoms or history of blood clots. Further evaluation with computerized tomography (CT) and ultrasound showed a large renal mass suspicious for renal cell carcinoma of the right kidney. An incidental abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) measuring was also appreciated on imaging. Subsequent histological sections of the tumor showed cell renal cell carcinoma. Though previously reported, the concomitant finding of an AAA with renal cell carcinoma with a normal erythropoietin levels is surprising. Given the surgical complications associated with concomitant conditions with renal cell carcinoma, further investigation into paraneoplastic syndromes secondary to renal cell carcinoma remains open to investigation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aaa8bd6113274cf59f918c4c5870f18d2025-02-03T01:12:28ZengWileyCase Reports in Urology2090-696X2090-69782019-01-01201910.1155/2019/37925143792514Polycythemia with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Normal Erythropoietin LevelJonathan Kopel0Pranav Sharma1Irfan Warriach2Sriman Swarup3Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX, USADepartment of Urology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USADepartment of Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USADepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USAA 61-year-old obese Caucasian male with past medical history of smoking, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and sleep apnea presented to the hematology clinic with polycythemia. Despite the newly-diagnosed polycythemia, the patient denied any significant symptoms or history of blood clots. Further evaluation with computerized tomography (CT) and ultrasound showed a large renal mass suspicious for renal cell carcinoma of the right kidney. An incidental abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) measuring was also appreciated on imaging. Subsequent histological sections of the tumor showed cell renal cell carcinoma. Though previously reported, the concomitant finding of an AAA with renal cell carcinoma with a normal erythropoietin levels is surprising. Given the surgical complications associated with concomitant conditions with renal cell carcinoma, further investigation into paraneoplastic syndromes secondary to renal cell carcinoma remains open to investigation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3792514 |
| spellingShingle | Jonathan Kopel Pranav Sharma Irfan Warriach Sriman Swarup Polycythemia with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Normal Erythropoietin Level Case Reports in Urology |
| title | Polycythemia with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Normal Erythropoietin Level |
| title_full | Polycythemia with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Normal Erythropoietin Level |
| title_fullStr | Polycythemia with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Normal Erythropoietin Level |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polycythemia with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Normal Erythropoietin Level |
| title_short | Polycythemia with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Normal Erythropoietin Level |
| title_sort | polycythemia with renal cell carcinoma and normal erythropoietin level |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3792514 |
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