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Vol. 25 No. 1 (2025)

Reporte de Casos

Renal pelvis tumor: description of 2 cases and review of the literature

  • Alessandri Espinoza Godoy
    • ,
  • Wendy Arenilla Torres
    • ,
  • Julio Diab
    • ,
  • Adriana Aguirre

Alessandri Espinoza Godoy
Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil

Wendy Arenilla Torres
Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil

Julio Diab
Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil

Adriana Aguirre
Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23878/medicina.v25i1.1236

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Abstract

Renal pelvis tumors are rare lesions that are diagnosed by a patient presenting with hematuria and abdominal pain. In this work, a 54-year-old patient and a 77-year-old patient who come for hematuria are evaluated. Urotomography shows a tumor in the renal pelvis. In both cases, robotic-assisted laparoscopic nephroureterectomy was performed without complications. Renal pelvis tumors have a low incidence, and do not always have an identifiable risk factor, being able to be associated with syndromes such as Lynch's. Treatment depends on the characteristics of the lesion. Robotic nephroureterectomy is an option.

Keywords

Tumor, Renal pelvis, Urothelium, Nephroureterectomy

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Espinoza Godoy A, Arenilla Torres W, Diab J, Aguirre A. Renal pelvis tumor: description of 2 cases and review of the literature. Rev. Med. UCSG [Internet]. 2025 Feb. 20 [cited 2025 Feb. 23];25(1):47-52. Available from: https://editorial.ucsg.edu.ec/medicina/index.php/ucsg-medicina/article/view/1236

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