Open AccessSquamous Upper Tract Carcinoma Presenting as a Perinephric Abscess
Author(s) -
Mauro Lopes,
D. Rauber,
Fernando O. de Carvalho,
M. Nicodem,
Jorge Antônio Pastro Noronha,
Gustavo Franco Carvalhal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
case reports in urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-696X
pISSN - 2090-6978
DOI - 10.1155/2013/789097
Subject(s) - medicine , adipose capsule of kidney , nephrectomy , squamous carcinoma , abscess , carcinoma , kidney , surgery , general surgery , pathology
Perinephric abscesses are life-threatening conditions, which are rarely associated with neoplasms of the kidney or upper tract collecting system. We report, to our knowledge, the first case of squamous carcinoma of the upper tract presenting as a perinephric abscess, diagnosed after radical nephrectomy.
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