Renal cell carcinoma growing into the renal pelvis and mimicking transitional cell carcinoma: A case report and literature review

Oncology Letters
Yifan LiYongqing Lai

Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) originated from parenchyma and the majority of malignancies originating in the renal pelvis are transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). In the present study, a rare case of RCC growing into the renal pelvis and mimicking TCC in medical imaging is reported. The preoperative differentiation between RCC and TCC is important in order to identify the type of surgical treatment required: Nephrectomy or ureteronephrectomy. The role of ureteroscopy and biopsy is emphasized in the accurate preoperative diagnosis of a renal pelvic mass. Thus, the present study provided fundamental evidence for the pathogenesis of RCC with pelvic extension and challenged the present tumor node metastasis staging system of RCC.

References

Oct 16, 2004·Radiographics : a Review Publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc·Sung Eun RhaJae Mun Lee
Sep 11, 2007·Urologic Oncology·Mittul GulatiJacob Rajfer
Jul 21, 2009·The Journal of Urology·Grégory VerhoestJean-Jacques Patard
Mar 20, 2010·World Journal of Urology·Sandra WaalkesAndres J Schrader
Jul 9, 2010·CA: a Cancer Journal for Clinicians·Ahmedin JemalElizabeth Ward
Aug 3, 2011·BMC Urology·Osamu FujitaSatoko Nakamura
Mar 14, 2012·Nature Reviews. Urology·Nigel C Cowan
Jun 6, 2013·Case Reports in Medicine·Shigenori KakutaniYukio Homma

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Methods Mentioned

BETA
biopsy
imaging techniques

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Alternative Complement Pathway

The Alternative Complement Pathway is part of the innate immune system, and activation generates membrane attack complexes that kill pathogenic cells. Discover the latest research on the Alternative Complement Pathway.