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Primary leiomyosarcoma of kidney with metastasis to contralateral kidney. Case report

INTRODUCTION: Renal leiomyosarcoma is a rare entity in the world and its understanding is based on reports and various cases; however, the prognosis is bleak for its malignant potential and an average survival of 18 months. CLINICAL CASE: A 54-year-old woman with a clinical picture of 6 months of pa...

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Autores principales: Vasquez Ciriaco, Sergio, García Espinoza, Jaime Aron, Garcia Pedro, Elena Enselmini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Akadémiai Kiadó 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6167618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/1646.10.2018.12
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Renal leiomyosarcoma is a rare entity in the world and its understanding is based on reports and various cases; however, the prognosis is bleak for its malignant potential and an average survival of 18 months. CLINICAL CASE: A 54-year-old woman with a clinical picture of 6 months of pain in the right flank and a tomographic image of a bilateral renal lesion underwent right radical nephrectomy and left conservative surgery. The definitive histopathological study reported right primary renal leiomyosarcoma with left metastasis. CONCLUSION: Renal leiomyosarcoma is an entity of low incidence and high mortality; however, our case represents the minority of patients with contralateral kidney metastasis reported in the literature.