Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney: A rare case report

Renal primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) is a rare primary renal neoplasm. Morphologically, it may mimic small blue round-cell tumor. Hence, histopathology in conjunction with immunohistochemistry plays a significant role in correctly diagnosing this malignancy. We report a case of PNET of kidne...

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Autores principales: Talwar, Amrita, Kishore, Manjari, Bhardwaj, Minakshi, Chauhan, Devender Singh
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6052811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30078975
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JLP.JLP_42_18
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author Talwar, Amrita
Kishore, Manjari
Bhardwaj, Minakshi
Chauhan, Devender Singh
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description Renal primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) is a rare primary renal neoplasm. Morphologically, it may mimic small blue round-cell tumor. Hence, histopathology in conjunction with immunohistochemistry plays a significant role in correctly diagnosing this malignancy. We report a case of PNET of kidney in a 30-year-old female with an extension to inferior vena cava, who succumbed following an aggressive course of illness.
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spelling pubmed-60528112018-08-03 Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney: A rare case report Talwar, Amrita Kishore, Manjari Bhardwaj, Minakshi Chauhan, Devender Singh J Lab Physicians Case Report Renal primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) is a rare primary renal neoplasm. Morphologically, it may mimic small blue round-cell tumor. Hence, histopathology in conjunction with immunohistochemistry plays a significant role in correctly diagnosing this malignancy. We report a case of PNET of kidney in a 30-year-old female with an extension to inferior vena cava, who succumbed following an aggressive course of illness. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6052811/ /pubmed/30078975 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JLP.JLP_42_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Laboratory Physicians http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney: A rare case report
title_fullStr Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney: A rare case report
title_full_unstemmed Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney: A rare case report
title_short Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney: A rare case report
title_sort primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney: a rare case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6052811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30078975
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JLP.JLP_42_18
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