title: Bone metaplasia (bone lithiasis) in a papillary transitional carcinoma of renal pelvis.
abstract: A case of bone stone in association with a papillary transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis is reported. This type of lithiasis, actually representing bone metaplasia, is rare in the urinary tract and has never been reported in true epithelial urinary tumors.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathological Anatomy and Histology, University of Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miracco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salvestrini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cetta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Setacci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Papi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lorenzini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Luzi
mesh_terms: D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology