Renal Neuroendocrine Tumor: A Cat in the Box

Archana N Rijhsinghani

doi:10.21276/apalm.3627

Renal Neuroendocrine Tumor: A Cat in the Box

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Archana N Rijhsinghani Department of Histopathology, Agilus Diagnostics Dr Phadke Labs, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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https://doi.org/10.21276/apalm.3627

Keywords:

Neuroendocrine tumors, genitourinary tract, renal, unanswered diagnosis

Abstract

Neuroendocrine tumors of the genitourinary tract are rare tumors. Considering the exhaustive list of the latest classification of renal neoplasms, renal neuroendocrine tumor is the last resort to the unanswered diagnosis in histopathology and always comes as a surprise after extensive work-up.

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20-09-2025

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Rijhsinghani AN. Renal Neuroendocrine Tumor: A Cat in the Box. Ann of Pathol and Lab Med [Internet]. 2025 Sep. 20 [cited 2025 Dec. 5];12(9):C164-C167. Available from: https://pacificejournals.com/journal/index.php/apalm/article/view/3627

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Vol. 12 No. 9 (2025)

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Case Report

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