Renal cell carcinoma is a rare, potentially fatal tumor that occasionally occurs during pregnancy. The probability of cure is directly related to the stage or degree of tumor dissemination. Surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment of this disease. A case of patient who was diagnosed with a renal mass in the second trimester of pregnancy is reported. She underwent left radical nephrectomy at 17 weeks' gestation.

Buda, A., Pizzocaro, G., Ceruti, P., Salvioni, R., Battistello, M., Vergani, P. (2008). Case report: renal cell carcinoma presenting as hypertension in pregnancy. ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS, 277(3), 263-265 [10.1007/s00404-007-0455-9].

Case report: renal cell carcinoma presenting as hypertension in pregnancy

VERGANI, PATRIZIA
2008

Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma is a rare, potentially fatal tumor that occasionally occurs during pregnancy. The probability of cure is directly related to the stage or degree of tumor dissemination. Surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment of this disease. A case of patient who was diagnosed with a renal mass in the second trimester of pregnancy is reported. She underwent left radical nephrectomy at 17 weeks' gestation.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
renal cell cancer; pregnancy; radical surgery
English
mar-2008
277
3
263
265
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Buda, A., Pizzocaro, G., Ceruti, P., Salvioni, R., Battistello, M., Vergani, P. (2008). Case report: renal cell carcinoma presenting as hypertension in pregnancy. ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS, 277(3), 263-265 [10.1007/s00404-007-0455-9].
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