Open AccessPrimitive neuro-ectodermal tumour of kidney in adult: Report of four consecutive cases and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Prashanth Giridhar,
Supriya Mallick,
Damodara Kumaran,
Archana George,
Seema Kaushal,
Pramod Kumar Julka
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of egyptian national cancer institute/journal of the egyptian national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2589-0409
pISSN - 1110-0362
DOI - 10.1016/j.jnci.2015.05.001
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , regimen , disease , chemotherapy , metastasis , differential diagnosis , surgery , adjuvant chemotherapy , kidney , pathology , cancer , breast cancer
PNET of kidney is a rare entity and its diagnosis is complicated by the presence of a number of differential diagnoses. The disease is most commonly seen in young adults. Radical nephrectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy is the standard treatment. However, the patients have a modest survival and often develop distant metastasis. We herein report four cases of renal PNET (rPNET).