Open AccessRenal neuroendocrine tumors
Author(s) -
Brian R. Lane,
George Jour,
Ming Zhou
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.52905
Subject(s) - medicine , chromogranin a , renal cell carcinoma , nephrectomy , synaptophysin , pathology , neuroendocrine tumors , sunitinib , immunohistochemistry , clear cell renal cell carcinoma , kidney
Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are uncommon tumors that exhibit a wide range of neuroendocrine differentiation and biological behavior. Primary NETs of the kidney, including carcinoid tumor, small cell carcinoma (SCC), and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) are exceedingly rare.