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Renal medullary carcinoma in a patient with sickle-cell disease.

Sathyamoorthy K, Teo A, Atallah M

SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Urology, 445 Lenox Road, Box 79, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA. kumaran@alumni.duke.edu

BACKGROUND: A 36-year-old black male with sickle-cell disease, asthma, and dyslipidemia presented with shortness of breath, chest pain, lethargy, and recent fever. Physical examination revealed mild respiratory distress. INVESTIGATIONS: Chest X-ray, CT, abdominal ultrasound, and MRI. DIAGNOSIS: Renal medullary carcinoma.

Published 12 May 2006 in Nat Clin Pract Urol, 3(5): 279-83; quiz 289.
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