[Renal pelvis mucinous carcinoma. Case report]
Francisco Javier Torres Gómez1, Francisco Javier Torres Olivera
1Servicio de Anatomía Patológica del Hospital de Jerez de la Frontera, Sevilla, España. javiertorresgomez@yahoo.es
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|May 27, 2006
Abstract
Objective:
There is some controversy in the terminology used for transitional cell tumors with mucinous differentiation.
Methods:
We report the case of a 50-year-old male with history of recurrent lithiasis whose radological tests discovered a heterogeneous renal pelvis lesion.
Results:
The histologic study of the lesions determined the diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis with ample mucinous differentiation.
Conclusions:
They are rare tumors in such location and the mucinous differentiation does not seem to influence prognosis.