Primary renal angiosarcoma with progressive clinical course despite surgical and adjuvant treatment: A case report
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- Published online on: January 27, 2015 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.2902
- Pages: 1937-1939
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Abstract
Angiosarcoma is an extremely rare, high‑grade malignancy, which accounts for <2% of all soft‑tissue sarcomas. Cases of primary renal angiosarcoma represent 1% of these. Angiosarcomas involving the kidney usually originate from metastatic skin lesions or primary visceral lesions and most often occur in the sixth and seventh decades of life. The present study describes a case of primary renal angiosarcoma that presented as a large right‑sided renal mass with symptoms of flank pain. Despite surgical removal of the tumor, recurrent disease with associated lung metastases was identified at the surgical site following adjuvant chemotherapy. The patient succumbed to the disease 13 months after the diagnosis.
