Kidney Tumor in Pregnancy

Stoicescu, Manuela

doi:10.4172/2161-0959.1000138

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“…MRI is the first choice for investigation in cases of malignancy in pregnancy and can replace CT in non-pregnant. Plasma renin level can be used as a screening test in young hypertensive pregnant patients with suspicion of kidney cancer (2). Doppler ultrasound can be used to assess the function of the contralateral kidney (9) and renal scintigraphy may be needed to assess renal function reserve before nephrectomy (10).…”

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Spontaneous Rupture of Renal Cell Carcinoma in Pregnancy: A Case Report

Eldahshoury¹,

Gad

salah

2022

Gynecol Obstet Reprod Med

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Renal cell carcinoma is the most common type of malignancy in pregnancy. Rupture of renal cell carcinoma is not uncommon. The diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma is often delayed as the clinical presentation might resemble other pregnancy-related disorders or asymptomatic in most cases and a complete ultrasonographic examination of the abdomen is not a part of the routine obstetric evaluation. We report a rare case with spontaneous rupture of renal cell carcinoma in 20 years old in full-term pregnancy primigravida presented by hypertensive disorder and severe abdominal pain with massive retro peritoneum collection, radical nephrectomy was done and the patient life was saved.

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“…Urological malignancy in pregnancy is a rare event. It is only (13/1,000,000 pregnancies) (1) of estimated all types of neoplasm during pregnancy 0.1% (2). Renal cell carcinoma is the most common renal malignancy accounting for almost 90-95% of all primary renal neoplasms (3).…”

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confidence: 99%