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LLERA CLAUSELL, Teresita et al. Renal Cell Carcinoma masked by sepsis in a adolescent pregnant. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.2, pp.227-234. ISSN 1561-3194.

An eighteen black female patient with 12 weeks pregnancy presenting septic symptoms: high fever, shivers, lumbar pain and with a clinical and imaging diagnosis of a right renal abscess was admitted at Gynaecological and Obstetric Service in "Abel Santamaria" University Hospital, Pinar del Rio, covering her with antibiotics and symptomatic treatment, having a satisfactory clinical progress on the contrary to Imaging and laboratory parameters. Pregnancy was interrupted and a right nephrotomy was performed; the biopsy showed a renal cell carcinoma classified in the Clinical Stage (Ib). The patient presented a satisfactory Post-operative progress. Immunotherapy started: Recombinant Human Interferon á 2b (HEBERON) due to unfavourable prognoses. Currently, the patient is asymptomatic.

Palabras clave : Renal cell carcinoma; immunotherapy.

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