Abstract
BACKGROUND: Leiomyosarcoma represents a rather uncommon malignancy, and reports of cases characterized by a renal genesis are particularly rare. CASES: We describe 2 cases of leiomyosarcoma of the kidney, in a 63-year-old woman and in a 53-year-old man, respectively. Both tumors share a common immunohistochemical profile with a strong positivity for smooth muscle actin, a focal positivity for desmin, and negativity for cytokeratins and other markers. CONCLUSION: We provide a comparison between our findings and the data available in the literature, and we note an interesting relatively long survival in our patients (10 months for the first case and 20 months for the second case).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 369-374 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
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Keywords
- Carcinoma, renal cell
- Follow-up studies
- Kidney
- Kidney neoplasms
- Leiomyosarcoma
- Medicine in literature
- Nephrectomy
- Renal cancer
- Renal neoplasms
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anatomy
- Histology
- Medicine(all)
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Renal leiomyosarcoma : A report of two cases. / Gaggero, Gabriele; Spina, Bruno; Sarocchi, Francesca; Ravetti, Gian Luigi; Toncini, Carlo; Orcioni, Giulio Fraternali; Greco, Carlo; Lopez-Beltran, António.
In: Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology, Vol. 37, No. 6, 2015, p. 369-374.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Renal leiomyosarcoma
T2 - A report of two cases
AU - Gaggero, Gabriele
AU - Spina, Bruno
AU - Sarocchi, Francesca
AU - Ravetti, Gian Luigi
AU - Toncini, Carlo
AU - Orcioni, Giulio Fraternali
AU - Greco, Carlo
AU - Lopez-Beltran, António
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - BACKGROUND: Leiomyosarcoma represents a rather uncommon malignancy, and reports of cases characterized by a renal genesis are particularly rare. CASES: We describe 2 cases of leiomyosarcoma of the kidney, in a 63-year-old woman and in a 53-year-old man, respectively. Both tumors share a common immunohistochemical profile with a strong positivity for smooth muscle actin, a focal positivity for desmin, and negativity for cytokeratins and other markers. CONCLUSION: We provide a comparison between our findings and the data available in the literature, and we note an interesting relatively long survival in our patients (10 months for the first case and 20 months for the second case).
AB - BACKGROUND: Leiomyosarcoma represents a rather uncommon malignancy, and reports of cases characterized by a renal genesis are particularly rare. CASES: We describe 2 cases of leiomyosarcoma of the kidney, in a 63-year-old woman and in a 53-year-old man, respectively. Both tumors share a common immunohistochemical profile with a strong positivity for smooth muscle actin, a focal positivity for desmin, and negativity for cytokeratins and other markers. CONCLUSION: We provide a comparison between our findings and the data available in the literature, and we note an interesting relatively long survival in our patients (10 months for the first case and 20 months for the second case).
KW - Carcinoma, renal cell
KW - Follow-up studies
KW - Kidney
KW - Kidney neoplasms
KW - Leiomyosarcoma
KW - Medicine in literature
KW - Nephrectomy
KW - Renal cancer
KW - Renal neoplasms
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VL - 37
SP - 369
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JO - Analytical and Quantitative Cytology
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