Open AccessLeiomyosarcoma of Renal Vein - A Rare Case Report
Author(s) -
Sandeep Ojha,
Ramarao Nilkanthe,
Jyoti Valecha,
Farah Jalaly Meenai,
Amit Haritwal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24684.9632
Subject(s) - medicine , leiomyosarcoma , renal vein , nephrectomy , renal cell carcinoma , left renal vein , inferior vena cava , radiology , vein , kidney , surgery , pathology
Leiomyosarcomas (LMS) arising from vascular channel are rare and more often arise from inferior vena cava and pulmonary arteries. Primary renal vein LMS are even rarer and occur predominantly in females with peak in fifth and sixth decade. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult because these are rare tumours and present with symptoms and radiological findings similar to Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC). We report a case of 55-year-old female who presented with abdominal discomfort with radiology showing a renal mass with features of RCC, radical nephrectomy was done and resected tumour showed an attachment to the wall of renal vein with morphology resembling LMS.