FIBROEPITHELIAL POLYP OF THE RENAL PELVIS - NEPHRON-SPARING SURGERY AFTER FALSE-POSITIVE BIOPSY FOR TRANSITIONAL-CELL CARCINOMA

Authors
BRADY JD KORMAN HJ CIVANTOS F SOLOWAY MS
Citation
Jd. Brady et al., FIBROEPITHELIAL POLYP OF THE RENAL PELVIS - NEPHRON-SPARING SURGERY AFTER FALSE-POSITIVE BIOPSY FOR TRANSITIONAL-CELL CARCINOMA, Urology, 49(3), 1997, pp. 460-464
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904295
Volume
49
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
460 - 464
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4295(1997)49:3<460:FPOTRP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Benign fibroepithelial polyps of the renal pelvis are extremely rare, with only 23 cases previously reported. The diagnosis is usually made following nephrectomy or nephroureterectomy for an assumed malignancy. This case involves a 66-year-old woman referred with presumed biopsy- proven transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis. Radiographic f indings were suggestive of a benign lesion. Pyelotomy and frozen secti on confirmed these suspicions. The polyp was excised and the kidney sp ared. The diagnosis and management of fibroepithelial polyps are discu ssed and the literature reviewed. (C) 1997, Elsevier Science Inc.