Primary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (SCNEC) is a rare high-grade malignant neoplasm with differentiation derived from the urothelium. Herein, we report case which presented symptomatic anaemia secondary to haematuria, complicated acute kidney injury following obstructive uropathy caused by SCNEC, along discussion of clinical presentation, radiological imaging and pathological findings d...

Radiological and biochemical investigations of renal function were performed in 57 patients with haemophilia, 27 of whom had been previously investigated in 1969. Although one-third of patients had a renal radiographic abnormality, only two had abnormalities persisting since 1969 and attributable to renal bleeding. Isotope renography was a sensitive indicator of renal abnormality whereas a hist...

BACKGROUND Kidney cancer accounts for over 4000 UK deaths annually, and is one of the cancer sites with a poor mortality record compared with Europe. AIM To identify and quantify all clinical features of kidney cancer in primary care. DESIGN Case-control study, using General Practice Research Database records. METHOD A total of 3149 patients aged ≥40 years, diagnosed with kidney cancer be...

A 67 year - old male patient with painless macroscopic haematuria of 3 weeks evolution being his only symptom. Auxiliary laboratory exams were non-conclusive. In the histopathological study lesion, renal pelvis scant epithelium atypia consistent low-grade non-invasive urothelial carcinoma. The underwent a right nephroureterectomy as treatment for condition.