title: Spontaneous kidney rupture due to a metastatic renal tumour. Case report.
abstract: Spontaneous rupture of the kidney is an uncommon entity. In most cases the non-traumatic rupture is associated with underlying diseases of the kidney, the most frequent being renal tumours. We report the case of a spontaneous kidney rupture due to a renal metastasis from an adenocarcinoma of the colon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, RWTH Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Boeckmann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jakse
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous