Cervical cancer complicated by a pelvic kidney.
A case of cervical cancer complicated by a pelvic kidney is described. The management of the pelvic kidney with its aberrant blood supply and a short ureter is discussed. We recommend that the pelvic kidney be moved to an area outside of the field of radiation therapy or that a nephrectomy be performed in the patient who is to be treated definitively with radiation therapy.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy