[Recurrence presenting as anuria at 16 years after partial nephrectomy for a pelvic tumor in a solitary kidney: a case report].

A 61-year-old male underwent right partial nephrectomy for a pelvic tumor of a solitary kidney at the former hospital on April 1975. Two years later he had a small bladder tumor and transurethral resection was performed. Since August 1985 he had been followed up in our hospital. On June 1986, the urine cytology showed class V, but neither cystoscopy nor drip infusion pyelography revealed the tumor. On January 1992, he consulted our department with macrohematuria and anuria. Serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen level were 17.24 mg/ml and 84.1 mg/ml, respectively. Hemodialysis was administered. Retrograde pyelography revealed a defect of tumor at the pyeloureteral junction, and pyuria by ureteral catheterization showed class V cytology. Abdominal CT showed right hydronephrosis caused by the recurrence of pelvic tumor, and right nephrectomy was performed. The histopathological diagnosis was non-papillary transitional cell carcinoma, grade 3 > 2, pT3. He is in good condition with maintenance hemodialysis. In the Japanese literature there were 16 cases of pelvic tumor on the solitary or residual kidneys. In 12 of the 16 cases, kidney sparing treatment was tried and only our case has lived over 10 years. The indication of partial nephrectomy for pelvis tumor was discussed.