Bilateral leiomyosarcoma of the kidney with family history of kidney cancer
Huseyin Kadikoy1, Waqar M. Haque1, Veli K. Topkara1, Adam I. Frome1, Teresa G. Hayes1,2
Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.16, No.5, pp. 4847-4849, 2009
Abstract Sarcomas make up 1%-2% of all malignant renal tumors in
adults, and the incidence increases with advancing age. Renal
sarcomas are less common, but more lethal than sarcomas
of any other genitourinary site. The common clinical
presentation of renal sarcomas in adults include a palpable
mass, abdominal or fl ank pain, and hematuria, similar to
those seen with large, rapidly growing renal cell carcinomas.
Usually, radical nephrectomy remains the treatment of choice
for these tumors, which exhibit an aggressive biological
behavior and an unfavorable prognosis.
We describe an unusual case of bilateral renal leiomyosarcoma
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