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Clin Case Rep. 2018 Mar 12;6(5):863-866. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1485. eCollection 2018 May.

Peculiarities and management challenges of advanced renal cell carcinoma incidentally discovered in pregnancy.

Clinical case reports

Rotimi A David, Boluwatife Idowu, Cathlyn Akindiose, Adeyinka Laoye, John A Aluko, Adeleye D Omisore, Emmanuel Alajiki, Akinwumi O Komolafe, Abdulkadir A Salako, Uchenna Onwudiegwu

Affiliations

  1. Urology Unit Department of Surgery Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex Ile-Ife Nigeria.
  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex Ile-Ife Nigeria.
  3. General Surgery Unit Department of Surgery Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex Ile-Ife Nigeria.
  4. Department of Morbid Anatomy Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex Ile-Ife Nigeria.
  5. Department of Radiology Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex Ile-Ife Nigeria.

PMID: 29744074 PMCID: PMC5930196 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1485

Abstract

Our aim is that urologists, gynecologists, nephrologists, and general practitioners will be reminded that diagnosis of renal malignancies sometimes require a high index of suspicion as they may remain asymptomatic in advanced stages; even as they can also rarely co-exist with and cause peculiar challenges in pregnancy.

Keywords: case report; incidental diagnosis; peculiar presentation; pregnancy; renal cell carcinoma

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