Abstract: Renal cell carcinoma and acquired cystic disease of the kidneys in a patient on long term haemodialysis
Elfadil Mohamed Osman, MD, FRCP, Omsalama Saeed Ali, MBBS,
Sara EEM Ahmed, MBBS, Abdelraouf Sharfi, CMS, MD
Department of Medicine & Surgery, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
Abstract
A 65-year-old male Sudanese with end stage disease renal failure (ESRD) on
regular haemodialysis (HD) for 5 years developed a painful swelling of his left
kidney, which increased in size over a short period of time. He is anaemic and
has acquired cystic disease of his native kidneys. Surgical removal and
histology proved renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
This is the first case to be reported from Sudan, in a series of 350
haemodialysis patients over the last 14 years.
Keywords: Haemodialysis (HD), renal cell
carcinoma (RCC), acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD).