SPONTANEOUS KIDNEY RUPTURE DUE TO A METASTATIC RENAL TUMOR - CASE-REPORT

Authors
WOLFF JM BOECKMANN W JAKSE G
Citation
Jm. Wolff et al., SPONTANEOUS KIDNEY RUPTURE DUE TO A METASTATIC RENAL TUMOR - CASE-REPORT, Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology, 28(4), 1994, pp. 415-417
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365599
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
415 - 417
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5599(1994)28:4<415:SKRDTA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Spontaneous rupture of the kidney is an uncommon entity. In most cases the non-traumatic rupture is associated with underlying diseases of t he kidney, the most frequent being renal tumours. We report the case o f a spontaneous kidney rupture due to a renal metastasis from an adeno carcinoma of the colon.