title: Renal cell carcinoma in a multilocular renal cyst: a case report of a 27-year-old female and review of the literature.
abstract: A case of renal cell carcinoma in a multilocular renal cyst is reported. Excretory urography showed a mass, and ultrasound revealed multiple renal cysts in the middle part of the left kidney. This finding could also be visualized by computer tomography, a solid structure could not be detected. During operation a 6-cm multiloculated cyst was enucleated from the left kidney. A frozen section of the cystic lesion did not indicate a malignancy; however, further histopathological examination revealed a renal cell carcinoma, especially in the septal parts of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Saathof
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Janknegt
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Van Rhijn
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Havenith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography