A case report on two primary malignancies of the ovary and kidney.
Multiple primary malignant tumors in the same patient are very rare. Moreover, cases with primary ovarian and renal cell carcinoma in the same patient is an extremely rare phenomenon. In this report, a case with these two primaries is described. Concomitantly, some data suggesting a relationship of these primaries with the hypothesis of hormone dependency of renal cell carcinoma is presented.
Tsekeris
P
P
Department of Radiation Therapy, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece.
Mavreas
S
S
Zioga
A
A
Paizi
P
P
Kalef-Ezra
J
J
D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000473:pathology; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*