[A case of transitional cell carcinoma and milk of calcium in a pyelocalyceal diverticulum]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 1998 Sep;44(9):649-52.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 66-year-old man presented with right flank pain and macroscopic hematuria. Abdominal radiographs and computed tomography revealed a right pyelocalyceal diverticulum with milk of calcium and a soft tissue mass inside it. Other examinations, including positive urine cytology and negative random bladder biopsies, suggested a malignant tumor of the pyelocalyceal diverticulum. The patient underwent right nephroureterectomy. Histopathological examination revealed grade 3 transitional cell carcinoma. This is the first case of transitional cell carcinoma and milk of calcium coexisting in the same pyelocalyceal diverticulum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Calcium Oxalate* / analysis
  • Calcium Phosphates* / analysis
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / complications*
  • Diverticulum / complications*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Calculi / chemistry
  • Kidney Calculi / complications*
  • Kidney Diseases / complications*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications*
  • Kidney Pelvis
  • Male

Substances

  • Calcium Phosphates
  • alpha-tricalcium phosphate
  • tetracalcium phosphate
  • Calcium Oxalate
  • calcium phosphate, monobasic, anhydrous
  • calcium phosphate
  • calcium phosphate, dibasic, anhydrous