Angiosarcoma of kidney

Urology. 1987 Sep;30(3):281-3. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(87)90258-5.

Abstract

We describe a forty-six-year-old man who died of disseminated angiosarcoma ten months after a radical nephrectomy and postoperative radiation therapy for a renal angiosarcoma. We found 3 other well-documented reports of renal angiosarcoma, all in men. Two of the 3 cases previously reported also had a rapidly fatal course with hematogenous spread of the neoplasm following nephrectomy. Angiosarcoma of the kidney, although rare, is apparently a highly malignant fatal neoplasm, and effective therapy remains unknown.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Hemangiosarcoma / pathology*
  • Hemangiosarcoma / radiotherapy
  • Hemangiosarcoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephrectomy