Spontaneous kidney rupture with incidental renal cell cancer in patient with Castleman's disease.
A 65-year-old man with a history of Castleman's disease presented with abdominal and right flank pain. He denied any recent trauma. On admission, his hemoglobin was 7.0 g/dL, and the blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine concentration was 30 and 1.62 mg/dL, respectively. Computed tomography of the patient's abdomen revealed a large right perinephric hematoma. The patient underwent emergency nephrectomy. Microscopic examination of the specimen revealed an incidental renal cell carcinoma.
Kremer
Arye
A
Department of Trauma Services, Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, FL 33021, USA.
Kremer
Valerie
V
Lee
Seong K
SK
D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications*; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous