Synchronous ipsilateral conventional renal cell and transitional cell carcinoma

Int Urol Nephrol. 2004;36(4):499-502. doi: 10.1007/s11255-004-0855-8.

Abstract

Simultaneous occurrence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) in the same kidney is unusual. We report a 61-year-old man with ipsilateral synchronous renal adenocarcinoma and renal pelvic TCC. He was referred to our department for gross hematuria and right flank pain. CT and MRI studies revealed a 57 x 50 mm irregular and infiltrative upper right kidney mass with necrotic components. A right radical nephrectomy was done. Pathological diagnosis was a high grade tumor originating from just beneath the intact urothelium of renal pelvis and infiltrating through the parenchyma showing solid and occasional tubular growth patterns. A second tumor in close proximity to the first was reported as well differentiated RCC. This is a rare case of combined renal malignancies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell* / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / diagnosis