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CHROMOPHOBE RENAL CELL CARCINOMA A RARE CASE REPORT

GOWRISHANKAR M

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Renal cell carcinoma is the most common tumour of kidney. Renal cell carcinoma has three variants, 1.Clear cell type Renal cell carcinoma, 2.Papillary type Renal cell  carcinoma, 3.Chromophobe type Renal cell carcinoma. Out of the three Chromophobe Renal cell carcinoma is very rare and constitutes about 3 to 5 percentage of total Renal cell  carcinoma. There are differentiating features to differentiate chromophobe Renal cell carcinoma from other types.

 


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