Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Renal cell carcinoma is a common entity in the general population and is the most lethal of all urological cancers [1].They account for 2% to 3% of them.The age of predominance of this pathology ranges between 55 and 75 years of age and they are almost twice as common in men as in women [1-3].The most common type of these tumours is adenocarcinoma or also known as renal cell tumour, 9 out of 10 tumours belong to this type.Of this type, the most prevalent type are clear cell tumours [4].This clinical entity is of utmost relevance because its risk factors are increasingly present in our society, the most common of which are age, race (more common in African people), smoking (doubles the chance of developing it), obesity, hypertension and lately diabetes mellitus 1 and 2 have been associated with an increased risk of it [5,6].