Primary carcinoid tumour with ossification masquerading as calyx stone in a horseshoe kidney

Scand J Urol Nephrol. 1997 Dec;31(6):575-8. doi: 10.3109/00365599709030667.

Abstract

A case of renal carcinoid tumour arising within a teratoma in a horseshoe kidney in a 23-year-old male is reported. The presenting symptom was abdominal pain, and bone tissue within the tumour was initially misinterpreted as a calyx stone, leading to unsuccessful attempts at extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsia and percutaneous lithotripsia. This unusual tumour is over-represented in patients with horseshoe kidney and other congenital developmental renal defects.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Calcium Compounds
  • Carcinoid Tumor / complications*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Kidney / abnormalities*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Ossification, Heterotopic / pathology*
  • Oxides
  • Teratoma / pathology

Substances

  • Calcium Compounds
  • Oxides
  • lime