International Medical Case Reports Journal (Jun 2019)
Primary renal pelvis and ureter squamous cell carcinoma (SCC): a rare case report and review of literature
Abstract
Mehdi Salehipour,1 Niloofar Dastgheib,2 Masood Hosseinzadeh,3 Alireza Makarem,1 Alireza Rezvani,4 Alireza Sanati,1 Sona Tayebi11Department of Urology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 2Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 3Department of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 4Department of Hematology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranAbstract: Primary renal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a very rare upper urinary tract neoplasm. Renal SCC has a poor prognosis because it usually presents in advanced stages. We report a 64-year-old woman with a right paravertebral mass; after right radical nephroureterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy, pathologic examination revealed primary SCC.Keywords: SCC, neoplasm, kidney