title: Keratinizing desquamative squamous metaplasia of the kidney mimicking transitional cell carcinoma.
abstract: A 54-year-old patient, who had a remote history of radial nephrotomy for nephrolithiasis, presented with a symptomatic renal mass. The lesion was suspicious for malignancy on excretory urography, retrograde pyelogram, and computed tomography. A nephroureterectomy was performed. The histologic sections showed keratinizing squamous metaplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory, Naval Medical Center San Diego, California 92134-5000, USA.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Boswell
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fugitt
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kane
mesh_terms: D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008679:Metaplasia; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007633:Keratins