Primary localized amyloidosis of the renal pelvis coexisting with transitional cell carcinoma : a case report

Primary localized amyloidosis of renal pelvis is very rare, and only 12 cases have been reported. More than half of the reported cases were treated by nephrectomy, and the preoperative diagnosis could not be made correctly because of its resemblance to renal pelvic tumor. The ureteroscopy is a usefu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica. - 1962. - 38(1992), 6 vom: 15. Juni, Seite 699-702
1. Verfasser: Shiramizu, M (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Nakamura, K, Baba, S, Katsuoka, Y, Kinoshita, H
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1992
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica
Schlagworte:Case Reports Journal Article Review
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Zusammenfassung:Primary localized amyloidosis of renal pelvis is very rare, and only 12 cases have been reported. More than half of the reported cases were treated by nephrectomy, and the preoperative diagnosis could not be made correctly because of its resemblance to renal pelvic tumor. The ureteroscopy is a useful diagnostic means in such a condition. This case is unusual in that a papillary transitional cell carcinoma was present coincidentally
Beschreibung:Date Completed 18.08.1992
Date Revised 16.11.2005
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:0018-1994