The Forgotten Complication of Recurrent Nephrolithiasis: "Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis"-A Case and Review of the Literature

Tarek Assi; Elie El Rassy; Samah Naderi; Tania Moussa; Maroun Moukarzel; Joseph Kattan

doi:10.1155/2015/298317

The Forgotten Complication of Recurrent Nephrolithiasis: "Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis"-A Case and Review of the Literature

Case Rep Urol. 2015:2015:298317. doi: 10.1155/2015/298317. Epub 2015 Oct 22.

Authors

Tarek Assi¹, Elie El Rassy¹, Samah Naderi², Tania Moussa³, Maroun Moukarzel⁴, Joseph Kattan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology, Hotel Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 1104 2020, Lebanon.
² Pathology Department, Hotel Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 1104 2020, Lebanon.
³ Radiology Department, Hotel Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 1104 2020, Lebanon.
⁴ Department of Urology, Hotel Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 1104 2020, Lebanon.

Abstract

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the renal pelvis is an aggressive tumor with insidious onset of unspecific symptoms and advanced stages at diagnosis. It is a rare entity, accounting for 0.5-8% of renal tumors. In this paper, we describe the case of a patient with a history of recurrent nephrolithiasis that presented with an aggressive form of SCC of the renal pelvis with rapid relapse after resection.