Primary renal carcinoid tumor.
Primary carcinoid tumors originating in a normal kidney are exceptionally rare. We describe a case of a 52-year-old woman who presented with vague back pain and was found to have a 4-cm mass in the medial aspect of the left kidney. Radical nephrectomy and retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy were performed. Histopathology revealed a typical carcinoid tumor with 1 out of 17 lymph nodes involved. She has no evidence of recurrence or metastasis on 7-month follow-up.
Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. siadaneshmand@yahoo.com
Siamak
S
Daneshmand
Shahin
S
Chandrasoma
Shandra
S
Wilson
D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery