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Invasive High-grade Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma in a 14-Year-Old Girl
- Source :
- Urology. 101
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We present an unusual pediatric case of invasive upper tract urothelial carcinoma with an associated genetic predisposition. A 14-year-old female presented with intermittent right flank pain, and was found to have a poorly functioning hydronephrotic right kidney. Laparoscopic nephrectomy was performed. Pathology demonstrated upper tract urothelial carcinoma, and she subsequently underwent completion ureterectomy. Genetic studies demonstrated a double-hit constitutional deletion of a DNA mismatch repair protein, revealing a rare Lynch syndrome variant known as Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency Syndrome. This disease places her at high risk for multiple malignancies, including upper tract urothelial carcinoma.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Ureterectomy
Urology
medicine.medical_treatment
Biopsy
030232 urology & nephrology
Nephrectomy
Diagnosis, Differential
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Carcinoma
medicine
Genetic predisposition
Ureteroscopy
Humans
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Staging
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Ureteral Neoplasms
Mismatch Repair Protein
medicine.disease
Lynch syndrome
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
Laparoscopy
Ureter
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15279995
- Volume :
- 101
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Urology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....26f7e65e98c1b1cd4cef8ec4fade2192