title: Case report: renal cell carcinoma presenting as hypertension in pregnancy.
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma is a rare, potentially fatal tumor that occasionally occurs during pregnancy. The probability of cure is directly related to the stage or degree of tumor dissemination. Surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment of this disease. A case of patient who was diagnosed with a renal mass in the second trimester of pregnancy is reported. She underwent left radical nephrectomy at 17 weeks' gestation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Milano-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Via Solferino 16, Monza, Italy. alessandro.buda@fastwebnet.it
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buda
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pizzocaro
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ceruti
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salvioni
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Battistello
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vergani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second