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Stage IIB carcinoma of the cervix that is associated with pelvic kidney: A therapeutic dilemma.

Lataifeh I, Amarin Z, Jaradat I

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. isam_l@yahoo.com

Locally advanced cervical cancer with congenital pelvic kidney is reported uncommonly. A 50-year-old patient with stage IIB cervical cancer and pelvic kidney was treated with irradiation and concurrent chemotherapy. Follow-up evaluation for 2 years revealed normal renal function and no evidence of recurrent disease.

Published 6 December 2007 in Am J Obstet Gynecol, 197(6): e8-10.
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