title: Carcinoids of the kidney: case report and literature review.
abstract: Primary carcinoids of the kidney are very rare, only 10 cases having been reported in the literature. The authors report a case of primary renal carcinoid in a 50-year-old woman. A radical nephrectomy with lymphadenectomy was successfully performed and there was no residual or recurrent tumour at 2-year follow-up. A review of the reported cases revealed a variable, nonspecific presentation. Most laboratory tests were non-contributory except for urinalysis. When a renal carcinoid is diagnosed, a search should be made for a possible primary elsewhere. Primary renal carcinoid does exhibit malignant behaviour. It should be managed by radical nephrectomy with retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Juma
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Nickel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed