title: Double cancers of the kidney and ureter complicated with emphysematous pyelonephritis within the parenchyma of the renal tumour.
abstract: Emphysematous pyelonephritis and double cancers of the kidney and urinary tract are rare. We describe here a case of a diabetic man who had simultaneous renal cell carcinoma of the right kidney and transitional cell carcinoma of the right ureter complicated with emphysematous pyelonephritis within the tumour parenchyma of renal cell carcinoma. Imaging and pathology are demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D004646:Emphysema / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000209:etiology*; D014513:Ureter / Q000473:pathology; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*