Fine-needle aspiration of renal angiosarcoma

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2002 Apr;126(4):478-80. doi: 10.5858/2002-126-0478-FNAORA.

Abstract

Angiosarcoma of the kidney is an unusual neoplasm, and primary renal angiosarcoma is exceedingly rare, with fewer than 11 well-documented cases reported to date. To our knowledge, no publication to date has correlated the fine-needle aspiration cytologic findings in renal angiosarcoma with the gross, histologic, and immunohistochemical findings. A 50-year-old man presented with a left kidney mass and multiple liver and pulmonary nodules. Computed tomography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsies of the renal mass and a hepatic nodule were performed and demonstrated malignant spindle cells consistent with angiosarcoma. The diagnosis was confirmed at autopsy through histologic examination and associated ancillary studies. This case presents the fine-needle aspiration cytologic findings in renal angiosarcoma and correlates these findings with the gross pathologic, histologic, and immunohistochemical findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hemangiosarcoma / chemistry
  • Hemangiosarcoma / secondary*
  • Hemangiosarcoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Kidney Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor