Case of alpha-fetoprotein-producing transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis

Yoshiyuki Shiga; Koji Kawai; Toru Shimazui; Tatsuo Iijima; Masayuki Noguchi; Hideyuki Akaza

doi:10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00745.x

Case of alpha-fetoprotein-producing transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis

Int J Urol. 2004 Feb;11(2):117-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00745.x.

Authors

Yoshiyuki Shiga¹, Koji Kawai, Toru Shimazui, Tatsuo Iijima, Masayuki Noguchi, Hideyuki Akaza

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. yoshiyuki.shiga@central.or.jp

PMID: 14706017
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00745.x

Abstract

An alpha-fetoprotein-producing transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis is extremely rare. To our knowledge, this has not been reported previously. We present the first case of an alpha-fetoprotein-producing transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis in a 70-year-old female.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
Biopsy, Needle
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / pathology*
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / radiotherapy
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
Kidney Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Kidney Pelvis / pathology*
Neoplasm Invasiveness / pathology*
Rare Diseases
Risk Assessment
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
alpha-Fetoproteins / analysis*

Substances

Biomarkers, Tumor
alpha-Fetoproteins