Fibroepithelial polyp of the renal pelvis. A case report

Benign tumors of the renal pelvis are relatively rare, and only a few reports have been published so far. Recently we experienced a case of a 50-year-old woman with a fibroepithelial polyp in the left pelvis. Drip infusion pyelography and abdominal CT revealed a filling defect and tiny renal stones...

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Published inNippon Hinyokika Gakkai zasshi Vol. 89; no. 4; p. 503
Main Authors Takeyama, K, Kato, R, Akagashi, K, Takagi, Y, Wakabayashi, J, Koroku, M, Kadono, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.04.1998
Subjects
Female
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms - diagnosis
Kidney Neoplasms - surgery
Kidney Pelvis - surgery
Middle Aged
Nephrectomy
Polyps - diagnosis
Polyps - surgery
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Summary:Benign tumors of the renal pelvis are relatively rare, and only a few reports have been published so far. Recently we experienced a case of a 50-year-old woman with a fibroepithelial polyp in the left pelvis. Drip infusion pyelography and abdominal CT revealed a filling defect and tiny renal stones in the left pelvis under the study of her urinary blood occult. A transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis was suspected, so a left total nephroureterectomy was done. The pathological diagnosis of this tumor was fibroepithelial polyp. As it is said that preoperative diagnosis of such a polyp is difficult, preoperative ureteroscopy or perioperative pathological diagnosis by frozen sections should be attempted. But it is difficult to avoid a nephroureterectomy because low incidence of the disease.
ISSN:0021-5287
DOI:10.5980/jpnjurol1989.89.503