Abstract

Ectopic kidney is a rare congenital anomaly. Its atypical symptomatology causes a diagnostic as well as therapeutic dilemma. Tumors arising within an ectopic kidney are also uncommon and may be difficutt to diagnose. We present a case of renal celi carcinoma in an ectopic kidney. Although severai conventionai imaging techniques were used to define the mass, each provided limited Information and definite diagnosis ıvas just possible with the pathological examination of the spesimen.