Open AccessCapsular renal leiomyosarcoma with encasement of the inferior vena cava - Diagnosed by immunostaining and review of literature
Author(s) -
Iqbal Singh,
Mohit Joshi,
Kiran Mishra
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.62917
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , leiomyosarcoma , nephrectomy , immunostaining , pathological , radiology , sarcoma , adjuvant chemotherapy , presentation (obstetrics) , malignancy , kidney , surgery , pathology , immunohistochemistry , cancer , breast cancer
We report and describe the presentation, pathological diagnosis with immunostaining and management of a rare case of capsular renal leiomyosarcoma encasing the inferior vena cava (IVC). We have reviewed and tabulated other such similar cases. The present case was successfully managed by radical nephrectomy and adjuvant radio-chemotherapy. Immunostaining should be freely used to define the histological type of renal sarcoma in order to accurately counsel and deliver a prognosis for patients with renal leiomyosarcomas with a poor prognosis.