title: Adenocarcinoma of the renal pelvis in an elderly woman.
abstract: Adenocarcinoma of the renal pelvis is so rare that many reviews of renal tumours fail to include any instance of this lesion. We present a 75-year-old female patient with no previous history of urological disease in whom a renal pelvic tumour was diagnosed. Histological examination after radical nephroureterectomy proved the tumour to be a rare adenocarcinoma. The course of the disease, the possible predisposing factors, the treatment of the tumour and the prognosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lavikkala
authors.forename: O I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Lindell
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Heikkilä
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000473:pathology*; D009392:Nephrectomy