Primary renal carcinoid natural history of the disease for ten years: case report

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Background Primary renal carcinoid is extremely rare and there are few reports on the natural history of the disease. Case presentation A 68-year-old male with a right renal mass who lost to follow-up for ten years has been presented. His only complaint was a mild flank pain. Upon admission to the hospital for his renal mass, he underwent a right radical nephrectomy and pathological examination revealed the diagnosis of primary renal carcinoid. Conclusions In light of the presented case, primary renal carcinoma may have a prolonged natural history with no distant metastasis and any change in the quality of life of the patient.

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21 Visit the original government dataset for complete information, documentation, and data access. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC65042/

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  • nih
  • radical-nephrectomy
  • kidney-cancer
  • renal-carcinoid
  • case-report

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