An Asymptomatic Primary Renal Carcinoid Tumor: A Case Report

Primary renal carcinoid tumors are exceedingly rare, with less than 100 total cases being documented in world literature. A 32-year old male was referred to our service for a slow-growing, renal mass, which was first diagnosed 9-years prior. The patient was successfully treated with radical nephrect...

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Main Authors: Colin S. Linke, Scott Shie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442016300468
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spelling doaj-67dadb8bfe304fedaf5be5c4604fc49b2020-11-24T21:08:46ZengElsevierUrology Case Reports2214-44202016-07-017C707110.1016/j.eucr.2016.04.018An Asymptomatic Primary Renal Carcinoid Tumor: A Case ReportColin S. LinkeScott ShiePrimary renal carcinoid tumors are exceedingly rare, with less than 100 total cases being documented in world literature. A 32-year old male was referred to our service for a slow-growing, renal mass, which was first diagnosed 9-years prior. The patient was successfully treated with radical nephrectomy. In this article, we present our case report on an asymptomatic primary renal carcinoid tumor.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442016300468Carcinoid tumorPrimaryRenal
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Scott Shie
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An Asymptomatic Primary Renal Carcinoid Tumor: A Case Report
Urology Case Reports
Carcinoid tumor
Primary
Renal
author_facet Colin S. Linke
Scott Shie
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title An Asymptomatic Primary Renal Carcinoid Tumor: A Case Report
title_short An Asymptomatic Primary Renal Carcinoid Tumor: A Case Report
title_full An Asymptomatic Primary Renal Carcinoid Tumor: A Case Report
title_fullStr An Asymptomatic Primary Renal Carcinoid Tumor: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed An Asymptomatic Primary Renal Carcinoid Tumor: A Case Report
title_sort asymptomatic primary renal carcinoid tumor: a case report
publisher Elsevier
series Urology Case Reports
issn 2214-4420
publishDate 2016-07-01
description Primary renal carcinoid tumors are exceedingly rare, with less than 100 total cases being documented in world literature. A 32-year old male was referred to our service for a slow-growing, renal mass, which was first diagnosed 9-years prior. The patient was successfully treated with radical nephrectomy. In this article, we present our case report on an asymptomatic primary renal carcinoid tumor.
topic Carcinoid tumor
Primary
Renal
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442016300468
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