A rare case of retroperitoneal primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET).
Kidney
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET)
Radical nephrectomy
Journal
Urology case reports
ISSN: 2214-4420
Titre abrégé: Urol Case Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101626357
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
received:
06
12
2020
revised:
19
12
2020
accepted:
24
12
2020
entrez:
13
1
2021
pubmed:
14
1
2021
medline:
14
1
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Retroperitoneal primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET) is a rare neoplastic disease of high malignancy with a tendency towards early metastasis, affect young adults irrespective of the gender. We present 81 year old woman, who was admitted in the Urology Department with symptoms of right flank pain and hematuria. Contrast-enhanced computerized tomography scan (CT-scan) showed a large heterogeneous right kidney mass around 12 cm in diameter. The final diagnosis of primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) was established based on clinical, pathological, and molecular results.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33437647
doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101554
pii: S2214-4420(20)30443-5
pmc: PMC7787957
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
101554Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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