tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Extrarenal multiorgan metastases of collecting duct carcinoma of the kidney: A case series"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Extrarenal multiorgan metastases of collecting duct carcinoma of the kidney: A case series | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Extrarenal multiorgan metastases of collecting duct carcinoma of the kidney A case series Hisao Nakamura 1 2 Yasuyuki Kuirhara2 Kazuhiko Matsushita3 Akehide Sakai4 Toshio Yamaguchi1 2 and Yasuo Nakajima2 Address Department of Radiology Yokohama Sakae Kyousai Hospital Yokohama Japan 2Department of Radiology St. Marianna University School of Medicine Kawasaki Kanagawa 216-8511 Japan 3Department of Pathology Yokohama Sakae Kyousai Hospital Yokohama Japan and 4Department of Urology Yokohama Sakae Kyousai Hospital Yokohama Japan Email Hisao Nakamura - hichaon@ Yasuyuki Kuirhara - y4kuri@ Kazuhiko Matsushita - hnakamu1969@ Akehide Sakai - hnakamu@ Toshio Yamaguchi - Toyamaguti@ Yasuo Nakajima - y3naka@ Corresponding author Published 17 September 2008 Received 19 December 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 304 doi l752-l947-2-304 Accepted 17 September 2008 This article is available from http content 2 l 304 2008 Nakamura et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Collecting duct carcinoma is a rare type of renal cell carcinoma. The primary is difficult to diagnose on imaging and metastases are often present on initial presentation. Extensive multiorgan metastases can result in complex presentations that can be difficult to diagnose. Case presentation We present two case reports of multiorgan metastases of collecting duct carcinoma that were autopsy confirmed. The first case was a 55-year-old man who presented with fever and abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography showed enlargement of the right .