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A renal cell carcinoma extending into the renal pelvis simulating transitional cell carcinoma

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Urologic radiology

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A case of renal cell carcinoma with unusual extension is reported, in which the radiographic findings have a close resemblance to those of transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis. We emphasize that it is occasionally difficult to draw a distinction between transitional cell carcinoma with renal invasion and renal cell carcinoma with renal pelvic extension even by computed tomography (CT) and angiography.

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  1. Department of Urology, Showa University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshio Higaki & Yoshio Ogawa

  2. Department of Radiology, Showa University, School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Hirotsugu Munechika M.D., Tamio Kushihashi, Takehiko Gokan & Toji Hashimoto

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Munechika, H., Kushihashi, T., Gokan, T. et al. A renal cell carcinoma extending into the renal pelvis simulating transitional cell carcinoma. Urol Radiol 12, 11–14 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02923956

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