Journal of International Oncology ›› 2023, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (10): 614-617.doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn371439-20230612-00116

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Differential diagnosis value of D-dimer before operation in renal oncocytoma and chromophobe renal cell carcinoma

Qian Weiwei1, Xu Shen1, Kong Qi2()   

  1. 1Department of Urology, Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, China
    3Department of Radiotherapy, Anhui No.2 Provincial People's Hospital, Hefei 230012, China
  • Received:2023-06-12 Revised:2023-09-09 Online:2023-10-08 Published:2023-11-08
  • Contact: Kong Qi E-mail:1553981821@qq.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(82204493);Research Project of Anhui Medical University(2021xkj036)

Abstract:

Objective To explore the differential diagnosis value of preoperative D-dimer in renal oncocytoma (RO) and chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (Ch-RCC). Methods From January 2015 to April 2022 in the Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, clinical data of 47 cases of rare renal tumors were collected. According to postoperative pathology, patients were divided into RO group (15 cases) and Ch-RCC group (32 cases). General clinical data and preoperative blood indicators were analyzed. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve and area under the curve (AUC) were performed to evaluate the differential diagnosis value of D-dimer between RO and Ch-RCC. Results There were no significant differences between two groups in gender (χ2=0.41, P=0.522), age (t=0.50, P=0.618), hypertension (χ2<0.01, P=0.994), diabetes (P=0.541), smoking history (χ2=1.67, P=0.196), tumor laterality (χ2=0.67, P=0.414). Besides, preoperative D-dimer was significantly higher in the Ch-RCC group [0.47 (0.29,0.77) μg/ml] in comparison with RO group [0.21 (0.19,0.27) μg/ml], with a statistically significant difference (Z=4.44, P<0.001). In addition, there were no significant differences in hemoglobin (t=-1.61, P=0.116), platelet (t=0.26, P=0.800), leucocyte (t=0.10, P=0.921), neutrophil (t=-0.87, P=0.390), lymphocyte (Z=0.82, P=0.418), monocyte (Z=1.43, P=0.153), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (Z=0.09, P=0.927), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (t=0.42, P=0.676), and lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (Z=-0.96, P=0.338) between Ch-RCC group and RO group. ROC curve analysis showed that when the cut-off value of preoperative D-dimer was 0.78 μg/ml, the AUC for differential diagnosis of RO and Ch-RCC was 0.90 (95%CI: 0.82-0.99, P<0.001), with a sensitivity of 0.78 and a specificity of 1.00. Conclusion Preoperative level of D-dimer is significantly increased in Ch-RCC patients, which exhibits favourable preoperative differential diagnosis value between Ch-RCC and RO.

Key words: Fibrin fibrinogen degradation products, Kidney neoplasms, Diagnosis, differential