Primary renal pelvis and ureter squamous cell carcinoma (SCC): a rare case report and review of literature

Mehdi Salehipour,1 Niloofar Dastgheib,2 Masood Hosseinzadeh,3 Alireza Makarem,1 Alireza Rezvani,4 Alireza Sanati,1 Sona Tayebi11Department of Urology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 2Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 3Department of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 4Department of Hematology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranAbstract: Primary renal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a very rare upper urinary tract neoplasm. Renal SCC has a poor prognosis because it usually presents in advanced stages. We report a 64-year-old woman with a right paravertebral mass; after right radical nephroureterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy, pathologic examination revealed primary SCC.Keywords: SCC, neoplasm, kidney