Endocrine Abstracts

We report a case of local recurrence and multiple lymph node and pulmonary metastases of renal carcinoid 1 year after nephrectomy in a 61-year-old woman. Primary renal carcinoid tumor arising from renal parenchyma or renal pelvis is a rare neoplasm. The patient was incidentally found to have a mass lesion in the left kidney and left nephrectomy was performed. Histological examination including immunohistochemical for chromogranin A and synaptophysin studies confirmed the diagn...