Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the renal pelvis in the horseshoe kidney : a case report

A 41-year-old man with macroscopic hematuria and abdominal fullness was referred to our hospital. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a left renal pelvic tumor in the horseshoe kidney. We performed left heminephrectomy and ureterectomy. The pathological diagnosis was the mucinous adenocarcinoma in the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica. - 1962. - 48(2002), 3 vom: 20. März, Seite 187-9
1. Verfasser: Ueda, Tomohiro (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Okumi, Masayosi, Ichimaru, Naotsugu, Itoh, Kiichiro, Matsuoka, Yoshihiro, Fujimoto, Nobumasa
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:Japanese
Veröffentlicht: 2002
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica
Schlagworte:Case Reports English Abstract Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:A 41-year-old man with macroscopic hematuria and abdominal fullness was referred to our hospital. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a left renal pelvic tumor in the horseshoe kidney. We performed left heminephrectomy and ureterectomy. The pathological diagnosis was the mucinous adenocarcinoma in the renal pelvis. He received postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy (CAP therapy). He died of retroperitoneal recurrence 8 months postoperatively. In the literature we found 95 cases of primary adenocarcinoma in the renal pelvis including our case
Beschreibung:Date Completed 10.05.2002
Date Revised 15.11.2006
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:0018-1994