title: Massive infarction of papillary carcinoma of the kidney after fine needle aspiration biopsy: report of a case with cytohistologic correlation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Papillary carcinomas are rare malignant tumors of the kidney that sometimes are diagnosed preoperatively from their characteristic computed tomography appearance.
  
  
  METHODS
  A patient with papillary carcinoma of the kidney developed a selective and massive infarction of the neoplastic tissue after fine needle aspiration biopsy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Papillary carcinoma of the kidney should be added to the list of neoplasms prone to undergo ischemic infarction after fine needle aspiration.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cytodiagnostics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy. fulcinit@unina.it
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fulciniti
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mascolo
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Insabato
authors.forename: Franceschina
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Formichelli
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Botti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome