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Case Report

Paraplegia after percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A rare clinical entity


1 Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Samsun, Turkey

2 Private Denizli Hospital, Department of Urology, Turkey

3 Ondokuz Mayis University, Department of Radiology, Samsun, Turkey


DOI :
New J Urol. 2017; 12 (1): 48-50

Abstract

The case of a 44-year-old man who pre-sented with left flank pain is reported. Com-puter tomography of the abdomen revealed a left renal mass replacing upper pole of the kidney. The patient underwent left radical nephrectomy and adrenalectomy. Patho-logic examination of the surgical specimen revealed the primitive neuroectodermal tu-mour / Ewing sarcoma of the kidney. The clinical presentation, imaging findings and diagnosis of this relatively rare tumor are dis-cussed.

Keywords: Ewing sarcoma, primitive neuroectodermal tumor, renal mass


Abstract

The case of a 44-year-old man who pre-sented with left flank pain is reported. Com-puter tomography of the abdomen revealed a left renal mass replacing upper pole of the kidney. The patient underwent left radical nephrectomy and adrenalectomy. Patho-logic examination of the surgical specimen revealed the primitive neuroectodermal tu-mour / Ewing sarcoma of the kidney. The clinical presentation, imaging findings and diagnosis of this relatively rare tumor are dis-cussed.

Keywords: Ewing sarcoma, primitive neuroectodermal tumor, renal mass