Carcinoma of the renal pelvis: an analysis of the diagnostic problems in 23 cases.
A series of 23 patients with carcinoma of the renal pelvis is presented. The different presentations are described and discussed, and the difficulties in establishing a preoperative diagnosis are considered. There were 3 squamous cell carcinomas in the series, all of them associated with renal stone and urinary tract infection.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D014567:Urography