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- Title
Mucinous Tubular and Spindle Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney: A Rare Case Diagnosed in the Early Postpartum.
- Authors
Sorrentino, Mario; Bernardi, Sergio; Bruschi, Ferdinando; Scannavacca, Fabio; Brizzolari, Marco; Hysko, Fioralba; Cataldi, Palmina; Londero, Ambrogio P.; Bertozzi, Serena
- Abstract
A 27-year-old women requesting assistance for an unspecified abdominal pain localized in the right flank that worsened after a recent delivery was discovered to have a solid mass in the upper pole of her right kidney. Radiological findings showed benign characteristics but without a clear diagnosis. Subsequently, a laparotomic nephron-sparing enucleation of a solid, encapsulated, brownish-white mass, localized in the cortical portion of the upper kidney pole, was performed. Pathological examination of the specimen showed a rare mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma with an almost total mucinous component. To our knowledge, this is the first case of this disease discovered during pregnancy or puerperium. A multidisciplinary approach should be mandatory in order to correctly recognize and treat such a rare disease and to avoid administration of excessive adjuvant treatment to patients with a low-grade malignancy during pregnancy or puerperium.
- Subjects
MUCINOUS adenocarcinoma; SPINDLE apparatus; KIDNEYS; RADIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; PATHOLOGY -- Examinations, questions, etc.
- Publication
International Journal of Surgical Pathology, 2014, Vol 22, Issue 7, p659
- ISSN
1066-8969
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1177/1066896914526775