Metastatic cervical carcinoma masquerading as bilateral renal abscesses.
A case is presented of a thirty-seven-year-old woman with bilateral renal masses interpreted as abscesses on computerized tomography (CT) scan. Subsequent renal exploration revealed metastatic cervical carcinoma, which is a relatively rare entity.
D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms