Invasive urothelial carcinoma after exposure to Chinese herbal medicine containing aristolochic acid may occur without severe renal failure

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2003 Feb;18(2):426-8. doi: 10.1093/ndt/18.2.426.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aristolochic Acids / adverse effects*
  • Carcinoma / chemically induced*
  • Carcinoma / metabolism
  • Carcinoma / pathology
  • DNA Adducts / metabolism
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / adverse effects*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Renal Insufficiency
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Urologic Neoplasms / chemically induced*
  • Urologic Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Urologic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Urothelium

Substances

  • Aristolochic Acids
  • DNA Adducts
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal