Bilateral renal papillary adenocarcinoma in a young man on long-term captopril therapy.
A 31-year-old black man presented with bilateral multiple renal papillary adenocarcinomas. The patient had been maintained on captopril therapy for severe hypertension for three years. The possibility of drug-induced malignancy is discussed.
D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002216:Captopril / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011392:Proline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
D011392:Proline; D002216:Captopril