title: Primary carcinoid tumour of the kidney. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Carcinoid tumours are known to occur frequently in the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts. A primary carcinoid tumour of the kidney is an extremely rare entity and only 40 cases have been reported in the literature. As a consequence, very little is known about its real histogenesis, and its prognosis and clinicopathological patterns are not precisely defined. We report a case of primary carcinoid tumour of the kidney found in a middle-aged woman treated by nephrectomy, along with a thorough review of the literature concerning this kind of neoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Medico-Chirurgiche, Clinica Chirurgica Universitià Politecnica delle Marche, Via Conca, 60020 Torrette, Ancona.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Siquini
authors.forename: Pierpaolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stortoni
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Criante
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mazzucchelli
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Angelici
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romiti
authors.forename: Aroldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fianchini
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Landi
mesh_terms: D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome