An infertile female delivered a baby after removal of primary renal carcinoid tumor

Abstract

Primary renal carcinoid tumors are exceedingly rare. We report a 37-year-old woman with primary infertility, who was found to have a primary renal carcinoid tumor. She became pregnant and gave birth to a baby after removal of the tumor. This is the first case in the English literature of primary renal carcinoid tumor related with primary infertility.

Keywords

• carcinoid tumor
• infertility
• neuroendocrine tumor
• primary carcinoid tumor of the kidney
• renal carcinoid tumor