Unsuspected Malignancy During Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: The Snake in the Grass

Squamous cell carcinoma of the upper tract (SCC-UT) is a rare neoplasm that disproportionately affects patients with longstanding nephrolithiasis. Diagnosis is challenging and typically comes at late stages; as such, the prognosis is poor. The absence of a reliable diagnostic predictor for SCC highl...

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Autores principales: Wu, Charlotte Q., Matulay, Justin T., Gupta, Mantu, Motamedinia, Piruz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5107659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27868095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cren.2016.0110
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author Wu, Charlotte Q.
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description Squamous cell carcinoma of the upper tract (SCC-UT) is a rare neoplasm that disproportionately affects patients with longstanding nephrolithiasis. Diagnosis is challenging and typically comes at late stages; as such, the prognosis is poor. The absence of a reliable diagnostic predictor for SCC highlights the need to keep the diagnosis in mind for at-risk patient populations. In this study, we describe a small case series of rapidly progressive SCC-UT incidentally discovered during percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
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spelling pubmed-51076592016-11-18 Unsuspected Malignancy During Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: The Snake in the Grass Wu, Charlotte Q. Matulay, Justin T. Gupta, Mantu Motamedinia, Piruz J Endourol Case Rep Case Report Squamous cell carcinoma of the upper tract (SCC-UT) is a rare neoplasm that disproportionately affects patients with longstanding nephrolithiasis. Diagnosis is challenging and typically comes at late stages; as such, the prognosis is poor. The absence of a reliable diagnostic predictor for SCC highlights the need to keep the diagnosis in mind for at-risk patient populations. In this study, we describe a small case series of rapidly progressive SCC-UT incidentally discovered during percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2016-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5107659/ /pubmed/27868095 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cren.2016.0110 Text en © Charlotte Q. Wu et al. 2016; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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title_full Unsuspected Malignancy During Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: The Snake in the Grass
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title_short Unsuspected Malignancy During Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: The Snake in the Grass
title_sort unsuspected malignancy during percutaneous nephrolithotomy: the snake in the grass
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5107659/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cren.2016.0110
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