Open AccessMalignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the renal parenchyma presenting as a fast growing atypical renal cyst
Author(s) -
Simon Ouellet,
Alexandre A. Doueik,
Robert Sabbagh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.411
Subject(s) - medicine , renal parenchyma , magnetic resonance imaging , parenchyma , peripheral , pathology , kidney , computed tomography , cyst , peripheral nerve , radiology , malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor , anatomy , neurofibromatosis
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours (MPNST) of the kidney are very rare, with only 3 cases reported in the English and French literature. However, we report the first case of fast growing atypical renal cyst where a magnetic resonance imaging was an interesting adjunct to the computed tomography scan in imaging this rare tumour.