CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF RENAL TUMOURS IN EASTERN INDIA: A STUDY FROM TERTIARY CARE ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL

Abstract

Aprimary renal tumor comprises a wide spectrum of neoplastic lesions of the kidney with patterns, which are relatively distinct among children and adults. Primary renal tumors may be benign or malignant. A wide variety of both benign and malignant renal tumors may arise from the different components of the renal parenchyma, mostly from the tubular epithelium (1,2). With the widespread use of cross sectional imaging modalities the incidence of renal tumors has been increased throughout the world during the last few decades. Until now, the gold standard treatment for most of the renal tumors is their surgical removal, either by radical nephrectomy or partial nephrectomy (3). Incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is 2-3% of all malignancy. Seventh most common tumour in western world. Country to country the incidence varies and most common in the western part of the world. Incidence of RCC is less in Asian country, particularly in India (4,5). The prole of these patients has not been studied enough in our country as yet and the data regarding RCC in India is scarce. The data available in our country either retrospective or inadequately collected. This study will help to understand characteristics of renal tumor in this geographical area and can be used as source for future reference. The study was conducted among 38 patients of renal mass from the eastern India. In the absence of robust Indian data on Renal tumours, this study provides baseline information on epidemiology, stage at presentation, and outcomes of RCC at Indian population compared with the Western population. Though symptomatic tumour still more common in India, asymptomatic tumour detection rate has been increased due to more health care facility and available imaging modalities.