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Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney with level II inferior vena cava involvement
Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Chandru Sundaram,
Department of Urology, Indiana University, 535 N. Barnhill
Drive, Suite #420, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
Canadian Journal of Urology 2008, 15(6), 4431-4432.
Abstract
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of renal origin, PNET, is extraordinarily rare and often lethal. Here we present a case of renal PNET managed successfully by radical nephrectomy, caval thrombectomy, and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection.Keywords
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