ABSTRACT
El tumor carcinoide de origen renal es muy raro, por lo que sus hallazgos radiológicos están poco caracterizados.ResumenSe presenta el caso de un varón con una gran masa renal derecha asociada a un conglomerado adenopático retroperitoneal. El estudio anatomopatológico, así como el aumento del 5-OH indolacético en orina aportan el diagnóstico de tumor carcinoide renal primario. Se revisan los hallazgos epidemiológicos, clínicos y de imagen en ecografía, tomografía computarizada (TC) y resonancia magnética (RM) (AU)
Primary renal carcinoid tumors are very rare, so their characteristic imaging findings have not been well defined.AbstractWe describe the case of a man with a large right renal mass associated to a retroperitoneal lymph-node conglomerate. Increased urine concentrations of 5-hydroxy-indole-acetic acid and the histologic findings led to the diagnosis of primary renal carcinoid tumor. We review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and findings at ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance image for primary renal carcinoid tumors (AU)
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Humans , Male , Adult , Carcinoid Tumor/diagnosis , Kidney Neoplasms/diagnosis , Neuroendocrine Tumors/diagnosis , Tomography, Spiral Computed/methods , Indoleacetic Acids/analysisABSTRACT
Primary renal carcinoid tumors are very rare, so their characteristic imaging findings have not been well defined. We describe the case of a man with a large right renal mass associated to a retroperitoneal lymph-node conglomerate. Increased urine concentrations of 5-hydroxy-indole-acetic acid and the histologic findings led to the diagnosis of primary renal carcinoid tumor. We review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and findings at ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance image for primary renal carcinoid tumors.
