Transitional cell carcinoma in a pelvic kidney associated with recurrent lung cancer.
We report a case of transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis arising in a pelvic kidney two years after resection of bronchogenic carcinoma. Primary cancer in a pelvic kidney has been rarely described and this is the second reported case of transitional cell carcinoma originating in a pelvic kidney and the first associated with recurrent lung cancer.
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary