title: Carcinoid tumour of the kidney in a Chinese woman presenting with loin pain.
abstract: Renal carcinoid tumours are uncommon. The aetiology is not yet fully understood and there is still no useful diagnostic tool for detecting them. We report our experience managing a Chinese woman with a primary renal carcinoid tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. phychung@graduate.hku.hk
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Tam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D021501:Flank Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology*