Case report: renal cell carcinoma presenting as hypertension in pregnancy

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2008 Mar;277(3):263-5. doi: 10.1007/s00404-007-0455-9. Epub 2007 Sep 5.

Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma is a rare, potentially fatal tumor that occasionally occurs during pregnancy. The probability of cure is directly related to the stage or degree of tumor dissemination. Surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment of this disease. A case of patient who was diagnosed with a renal mass in the second trimester of pregnancy is reported. She underwent left radical nephrectomy at 17 weeks' gestation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / etiology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Nephrectomy
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / surgery
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Second