Renal papillae metastasis of sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma.
Colonic carcinoma metastatic to the kidney is very rare. The usual anatomical localization for secondary renal neoplasms is the renal cortex. We report a case of sigmoid colon carcinoma with unilateral kidney metastasis localized only in the renal papillae without obvious metastatic disease.
Kibar
Yusuf
Y
Department of Urology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. yusufkibar@mynet.com
Deveci
Salih
S
Sümer
Fahri
F
Seçkin
Bedrettin
B
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000473:pathology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged