Metastatic renal cell cancer in a 20-year-old pregnant woman

Astrid A M van der Veldt; Merian van Wouwe; Alfons J M van den Eertwegh; R Jeroen A van Moorselaar; Herman P van Geijn

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2008.04.048

Metastatic renal cell cancer in a 20-year-old pregnant woman

Urology. 2008 Oct;72(4):775; discussion 776-7. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.04.048. Epub 2008 Aug 23.

Authors

Astrid A M van der Veldt¹, Merian van Wouwe, Alfons J M van den Eertwegh, R Jeroen A van Moorselaar, Herman P van Geijn

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected]

PMID: 18723209
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.04.048

Abstract

We report unusual magnetic resonance imaging findings of a 20-year-old pregnant woman at 18 weeks of gestation who was diagnosed with metastatic renal cell cancer (RCC) with a large liver metastasis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnosis*
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary*
Female
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / diagnosis*