Misdiagnosed papillary renal adenocarcinoma.
We present 3 patients with papillary renal adenocarcinoma who were initially misdiagnosed owing to unusual clinical presentation. We suggest that if these presentations are borne in mind, pre-operative detection of this uncommon condition should be possible more often than is now the case.
Kesari
D
D
Department of Urology, Barzilai Medical Centre, Ashkelon, Israel.
Sibi
Y
Y
Yoffe
B
B
Bernstein-Lipshitz
L
L
Segal
S
S
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged