Case Report: Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Kidney-An Unusual Malignancy

• Abdul Rashid Lone

  Medical Oncology, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar-190011, India

• Shiekh Aejaz Aziz

  Medical Oncology, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar-190011, India

• Mohmad Hussain Mir

  Medical Oncology, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar-190011, India

• Sumyra K. Qadri

  Medical Oncology, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar-190011, India

• Arif N. Bhat

  Medical Oncology, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar-190011, India

• Farhana S. Bagdadi

  Medical Oncology, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar-190011, India

• Syed Nisar

  Medical Oncology, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar-190011, India

• Ulfat Ara

  Medical Oncology, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar-190011, India

Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the kidney is a rare clinical entity involving the upper urinary tract.These patients characteristically presents in advanced stage. This rare malignancy of the kidney lacks the characteristic clinical presentation of common renal cell carcinoma like hematuria, pain and a palpable mass. We report a 60 year old male who presented with a history of recurrent colicky right flank pain for 6 months duration which worsened in intensity and increased in frequency from last 1 month. He also had a history of untreated right renal calcular disease. On evaluation, he was found to have right renal mass with CT guided biopsy revealing Squamous cell carcinoma of kidney.

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