Collecting-duct carcinoma presenting as upper tract lesion with abnormal urine cytology.
A case of collecting-duct carcinoma associated with abnormal urine cytology is described. The finding of an abnormal cytologic examination, yet not typical of transitional-cell carcinoma (TCC), suggests that a close relationship between the cytology and histology of this uncommon malignancy may be demonstrated.
Fallick
M L
ML
Department of Urology, Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
Hutchinson
M
M
Alroy
J
J
Long
J P
JP
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male