Nephron sparing endoscopic treatment for primary carcinoma of the renal calyx: A case report and literature review | Zendy

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Nephron sparing endoscopic treatment for primary carcinoma of the renal calyx: A case report and literature review

Author(s) -

Qi Wang,

Tongwen Ou,

JIA-WEI XU,

Jin Li,

Ali Borazjani,

CHUN-SONG JIA,

Xu Wang,

Hao Yan

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

molecular and clinical oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 2049-9469

pISSN - 2049-9450

DOI - 10.3892/mco.2016.867

Subject(s) - calyx , renal cell carcinoma , medicine , urinary system , urology , carcinoma , surgery , radiology , pathology , anatomy

Primary carcinoma of the renal calyx is extremely rare. The present study reported nephron sparing endoscopic treatment for primary carcinoma of the renal calyx. An 81-year-old female presented with a 1-year history of intermittent painless gross hematuria. Computed tomography and X-ray of the urinary tract were unable to definitively identify any lesion. Flexible ureteroscopic examination revealed a tumor with epicenter in the lower calyx of the right kidney, with additional involvement around the calyx. Biopsies were obtained and pathology revealed low-grade urothelial carcinoma. Considering additional co-morbidities, the patient elected to undergo endoscopic management with thulium laser. The present report described the feasibility of flexible ureteroscopic thulium laser resection for the treatment of renal calyx carcinoma.

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