Results: 31

Síndrome de leiomiomatose cutânea e uterina múltipla: relato de três casos clínicos

Femina; 51 (12), 2023
A síndrome de Reed ocorre em mulheres com múltiplos leiomiomas cutâneos e leiomiomatose uterina. Relatam-se três casos de pacientes do sexo feminino, acompanhadas em hospital universitário, com pápulas e nódulos eritêmato-acas- tanhados dolorosos em membros superiores e tórax, agravados por frio...

Atypical Location of Oral Metastasis as the First Manifestation of Renal Carcinoma. Case Report

Oral cavity metastatic tumors derived from primary tumors from other corporal regions are rare, representing barely 1 % of all malignant tumors. Differential diagnosis of these lesions is challenging due to the wide spectrum of lesions with similar clinical presentation and especially when the presence o...

Tumor de células yuxtaglomerulares (reninoma) como causa de hipertensión arterial en la adolescencia. A propósito de un caso

Arch. argent. pediatr; 121 (4), 2023
La hipertensión arterial (HTA) grave en pediatría responde fundamentalmente a causas secundarias. Presentamos una paciente adolescente de 14 años con HTA grave, alcalosis metabólica e hipopotasemia, secundaria a un tumor de células yuxtaglomerulares productor de renina, diagnosticado luego de dos a...

Renal angiomyolipoma with epithelial cyst

Autops. Case Rep; 11 (), 2021
Angiomyolipoma with epithelial cysts (AMLEC) is a recently described entity and is an uncommon subtype of kidney angiomyolipomas. AMLEC is a benign entity but usually masquerades a renal cell carcinoma on imaging examination. AMLEC has a distinct histological and immunohistochemical staining pattern, whi...

Thyroid-like follicular carcinoma of the kidney presenting on a ten year-old prepubertal girl

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT The very rare thyroid-like carcinoma of the kidney (TLCK) is microscopically similar to thyroid follicular cell carcinoma (TFCC). Differential diagnosis with secondary thyroid tumors depends on non-reactivity to immunohistochemical (IHC) markers for TFCC (thyroglobulin - TG and TTF1). We herein ...

The diagnostic value of FNDC5/irisin in renal cell cancer

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Purposes: The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic significance of fibronectin type III domain containing protein 5 (FNDC5)/Irisin levels in the sera of patients with renal cell cancer. Materials and Methods: In the study, 48 individuals were evaluated. The patient group included ...

Can preoperative neutrophil lymphocyte ratio predict malignancy in patients undergoing partial nephrectomy because of renal mass?

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the importance of preoperative neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) predicting malignancy in patients who undergo partial nephrectomy due to renal mass. Materials and Methods: Seventy nine patients who underwent open partial nephrectomy for renal masses were included in this ...

SCUBE1: a promising biomarker in renal cell cancer

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate the efficacy of signal peptide-CUB-EGF domain-containing protein 1 (SCUBE-1) as a novel biomarker of renal tumors. Materials and Methods 48 individuals were included in the study. The patient group (Group-1) consisted of 23 subjects diagnosed with renal tumor, and the ...

Predicting outcomes in partial nephrectomy: is the renal score useful?

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Introduction and Objective The R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry system (RNS) has been validated in multiple open, laparoscopic and robotic partial nephrectomy series. The aim of this study was to test the accuracy of R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry system in predicting perioperative outcomes in surgical treatmen...

Carcinoma renal cromófobo: uma causa rara de hipertensão na gravidez

O carcinoma de células renais, em particular o tipo cromófobo, é uma patologia rara na idade fértil, o que explica a pouca informação disponível na literatura. Os autores apresentam o caso de uma mulher de 37 anos, multípara, com hipertensão arterial de novo, de difícil controle e hematúria à...