Marwa Jabbar Hussein¹ and Faraed Dawood Salman²*

¹Mosul University-College of Medicine, FKBMS-Medical Oncology/Erbil-Iraq, ESMO/ASCO certified, Iraq
²Professor in Dental Assistant Department/Medical Technical Institute, Erbil Polytechnic University, Erbil, Iraq

*Corresponding Author: Faraed Dawood Salman, Professor in Dental Assistant Department/Medical Technical Institute, Erbil Polytechnic University, Erbil, Iraq.

Received: August 11, 2023; Published: August 17, 2023

Abstract

Introduction: Non-clear cell renal carcinoma is one of the rarest malignancy subtypes in RCC (Renal Cell Carcinoma), with no specialized treatment. In this case report, the chemotherapeutic drugs carboplatin and paclitaxel were reviewed and studied for the treatment of a rare tumor that was high grade, poorly differentiated, unclassified non-clear renal cell carcinoma (RCC) of locally advanced stage with active disease post-operatively.

A 23-years-old woman was diagnosed with locally advanced, high grade, poorly differentiated, unclassified non-clear renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with difficulty, and this case report will discuss chemotherapy treatment options in non-clear RCC locally advanced (stage III) with the use of carboplatin and paclitaxel for 6 cycles every 21 days and its role and impact on tumor response, general clinical condition, and prognosis.

Results: After receiving 6 cycles of chemotherapy (carboplatin and paclitaxel) as adjuvant therapy following total radical left nephrectomy for this patient with locally advanced unclassified undifferentiated Non-Clear RCC and active pelvic lymph node metastases post-operatively, there was complete disease response with a total absence for this active lymph node by follow-up PET scan. The patient in addition had a dramatic clinical response, going 3 years without any evidence of disease recurrence.

Conclusion: Patients with unusual displays of locally advanced, unclassified, poorly differentiated Non-Clear Renal Cell Carcinoma (nccRCC) after radical nephrectomy had complete tumor responses to chemotherapy carboplatin and paclitaxel as adjuvant treatment for 6 cycles with reduced toxicity profiles, indicating that this treatment option can be used for this highly unusual tumor type.

 Keywords: nccRCC (Non-clear renal cell carcinoma); IHC (Immune Histochemistry); MRI (Magnetic Resonant Imaging); PET scan (Positron Emission Tomography)

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Citation: Marwa Jabbar Hussein and Faraed Dawood Salman. “Diagnosis and Management of Rare Case of Locally Advanced Non-Clear Renal-Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report". Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 4.9 (2023): 24-30.

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