title: Primary localized amyloidosis of the renal pelvis coexisting with transitional cell carcinoma: a case report.
abstract: Primary localized amyloidosis of renal pelvis is very rare, and only 12 cases have been reported. More than half of the reported cases were treated by nephrectomy, and the preoperative diagnosis could not be made correctly because of its resemblance to renal pelvic tumor. The ureteroscopy is a useful diagnostic means in such a condition. This case is unusual in that a papillary transitional cell carcinoma was present coincidentally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Isehara Kyodo Hospital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiramizu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katsuoka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007682:Kidney Pelvis; D008875:Middle Aged