Primary carcinoid of the kidney.
A rare case of primary renal carcinoid tumour is presented. The diagnosis was based on immunohistochemically diffuse cytoplasmic positivity for chromogranin A and neuron-specific enolase, in addition to histologic findings. Only 14 previous cases of this tumour have been documented in the literature.
Sahin
A
A
Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Urology, Ankara, Turkey.
Demirbaş
M
M
Ozen
H
H
Sungur
A
A
Küçükali
T
T
Aygün
N
N
Remzi
D
D
D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery