CHROMOPHOBE RENAL CELL CARCINOMA,EOSINOPHILIC VARIANT - A CASE REPORT

Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma comprises about 5 of all cases of renal cell carcinoma. Patients with chromophobe renal cell carcinoma have a wide age range of 16 years to 86 years with approximately 75 of them being diagnosed in their fifth to seventh decade. A 42 year old lady presented with complaints of abdominal pain and burning micturition of 10 days duration. CT scan of abdomen showed exophytic soft tissue density lesion in the lower pole of right kidney. Right radical nephrectomy was done. The histopathological diagnosis of the mass was Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma - eosinophilic variant.