Sarcomatoid Carcinoma
Sarcomatoid carcinoma of transitional cell origin confined to renal pelvis reported
Published in Aging and Elder Health Week, June 4th, 2006
"Thirteen reported cases of renal pelvic sarcomatoid carcinoma have been documented since 1961, and all patients presented with metastatic disease or advanced renal parenchyma involvement. The mean survival was shorter than 9 months, and adjuvant therapy appeared to offer no benefit," stated scientists in the United States.
"We present the case of a 61-year-old man with gross hematuria and a large filling defect on computed tomography excretory urography. Surgical pathologic examination after laparoscopic nephroureterectomy was consistent with renal...
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