Rare Tumors (Dec 2009)

Invasive neuroendocrine tumor of the kidney: a case report

  • Jack W. McAninch,
  • Jill C. Buckley,
  • Michael H. Hsieh,
  • Ephrem O. Olweny

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2009.e37
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. e37 – e37

Abstract

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Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) involve the genitourinary system in less than 1% of cases, with primary renal carcinoids comprising only 19% of reported genitourinary NETs (56 cases worldwide). We report a case of a renal NET presenting as a large renal mass with extensive local invasion, requiring definitive radical en bloc resection via a thoracoabdominal approach.

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