@Article{,
AUTHOR = {Gilles Molgat, Marjan Afrouzian, Kiril Trpkov},
TITLE = {Renal medullary carcinoma as an incidental finding in a horseshoe kidney: case report and literature review},
JOURNAL = {Canadian Journal of Urology},
VOLUME = {12},
YEAR = {2005},
NUMBER = {5},
PAGES = {2837--2840},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/CJU/v12n5/62514},
ISSN = {1488-5581},
ABSTRACT = {Renal medullary carcinoma is rare and extremely
aggressive neoplasm that typically affects young patients
of African decent who demonstrate sickle cell trait or
disease. Since the original description in 1995, only few
cases have been reported outside the United States. A 29
year-old Canadian male of Afro-Caribbean decent with
sickle cell trait developed right-sided hemiparesis due to
brain infarct. During the clinical work-up, a 3 cm renal
tumor was detected in a horseshoe kidney. The patient
died suddenly 2 weeks after the presentation of massive
non-neoplastic pulmonary thromboembolism, confirmed
at autopsy. The final diagnosis of renal medullary
carcinoma was established after the autopsy. Due to the
small size of the tumor and the limited metastatic spread
only to the regional lymph nodes, the tumor was
considered an incidental finding, and not the primary
cause of patient’s death.},
DOI = {}
}