Case report: renal cell carcinoma presenting as hypertension in pregnancy.
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.
Buda
Alessandro
A
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Milano-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Via Solferino 16, Monza, Italy. alessandro.buda@fastwebnet.it
Pizzocaro
Giorgio
G
Ceruti
Patrizia
P
Salvioni
Roberto
R
Battistello
Marco
M
Vergani
Patrizia
P
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