Renal Cell Carcinoma with Intraluminal Spread of the Entire Upper Urinary Tract | Zendy

Shigenori Kakutani | Zendy; Haruki Kume | Zendy; Yoshikazu Hirano | Zendy; Toshihiko Wakita | Zendy; Yukio Homma | Zendy

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Renal Cell Carcinoma with Intraluminal Spread of the Entire Upper Urinary Tract

Author(s) -

Shigenori Kakutani,

Haruki Kume,

Yoshikazu Hirano,

Toshihiko Wakita,

Yukio Homma

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2013/371387

Subject(s) - renal pelvis , medicine , upper urinary tract , ureter , urinary system , urology , renal cell carcinoma , carcinoma , ureteral neoplasm , transitional cell carcinoma , pathology , cancer , bladder cancer

We describe an unusual case of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) involving the entire upper urinary tract. A 51-year-old female was referred to us because of macroscopic hematuria. Computed tomography revealed a renal tumor filling renal pelvis and ureter, which turned to be a clear cell RCC after nephroureterectomy.

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