Bilateral renal papillary adenocarcinoma in a young man on long-term captopril therapy

Walecki, J.K.; Dillard, M.G.

Journal of the National Medical Association 76(11): 1124; 1134

1984


ISSN/ISBN: 0027-9684
PMID: 6389890
Document Number: 222786
A 31-year-old black man presented with bilateral multiple renal papillary adenocarcinomas. The patient had been maintained on captopril therapy for severe hypertension for three years. The possibility of drug-induced malignancy is discussed.

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