Synchronous primary cancers of urinary bladder and kidney and prostate

Synchronous occurrence of two or more than two primary cancers of the urinary tract is quite rare, and poses a difficult treatment challenge. Here, we present a case of synchronous renal cell carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma of urinary bladder and adenocarcinoma of prostate diagnosed within a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation 2012-07, Vol.23 (4), p.786-789
Hauptverfasser: Bansal, Punit, Tripathi, Astha, Tiwari, Punit, Kundu, Anup Kumar, Gupta, Aman, Vijay, Mukesh
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Zusammenfassung:Synchronous occurrence of two or more than two primary cancers of the urinary tract is quite rare, and poses a difficult treatment challenge. Here, we present a case of synchronous renal cell carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma of urinary bladder and adenocarcinoma of prostate diagnosed within a short period. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case reported from India and the youngest patient reported in the literature having this combination of urinary cancers.
ISSN:1319-2442
2320-3838
DOI:10.4103/1319-2442.98161