Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 8 , Pages 393-395, August 2006

Percutaneous Nephroscopic Resection of Renal Pelvic Fibroepithelial Polyp

Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 13 September 2005; accepted 30 March 2006.

Article Outline

Benign fibroepithelial polyps of the renal pelvis are extremely rare, and are frequently mistaken for transitional cell carcinoma. Diagnosis is usually made following nephrectomy or nephroureterectomy for an assumed malignancy of the renal pelvis. We report a 56-year-old female with a right renal pelvic fibroepithelial polyp successfully treated by percutaneous nephroscopic resection.

Key Words:  fibroepithelial polyps , percutaneous nephroscopic resection , renal pelvis , transitional cell carcinoma

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70280-1

doi:10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70280-1

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 8 , Pages 393-395, August 2006