2015
DOI: 10.14740/wjon949w
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Incidental Detection of Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Rectum During Staging Workup of Renal Cell Carcinoma

Abstract: Malignancies of rectum and kidneys are common pathologies in clinical practice; however, the incidence of these malignancies coexisting together is unclear. The main purpose of this article was to show the usefulness of computed tomography (CT) in diagnosing these rare synchronous tumors. We report a case of neuroendocrine carcinoma of the rectum in a 57-year-old male patient who came for staging workup of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) of the left kidney. To our knowledge, this is the first case of synchronous RC… Show more

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“…2017 71/female Ileocecal valve Right hemicolectomy, radical nephrectomy NA Athiyappan et al [41] 2015 56/male Rectum Radical nephrectomy and chemotherapy 3 Sun et al [42] 2013 37/male Horseshoe kidney…”
Section: Surgical Resectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2017 71/female Ileocecal valve Right hemicolectomy, radical nephrectomy NA Athiyappan et al [41] 2015 56/male Rectum Radical nephrectomy and chemotherapy 3 Sun et al [42] 2013 37/male Horseshoe kidney…”
Section: Surgical Resectionmentioning
confidence: 99%