Bilateral secondary renal neoplasm mimicking renal abscesses

Eur Urol. 1997;31(2):249-50. doi: 10.1159/000474460.

Abstract

An exceptional case is presented of a 32-year-old woman with a bilateral renal mass interpreted as abscesses. Biopsies under ultrasound guidance revealed metastatic cervical carcinoma which is a relatively rare entity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / secondary*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology*