Invasive neuroendocrine tumor of the kidney: a case report
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 def...
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| author | Jack W. McAninch Jill C. Buckley Michael H. Hsieh Ephrem O. Olweny |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-6ae095dba5ed40e88e19c5ea6e3ebf542022-12-21T22:41:25ZengSAGE PublishingRare Tumors2036-36052036-36132009-12-0112e37e3710.4081/rt.2009.e37Invasive neuroendocrine tumor of the kidney: a case reportJack W. McAninchJill C. BuckleyMichael H. HsiehEphrem O. OlwenyNeuroendocrine 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.http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/1305Neuroendocrine TumorsKidneySurgery |
| spellingShingle | Jack W. McAninch Jill C. Buckley Michael H. Hsieh Ephrem O. Olweny Invasive neuroendocrine tumor of the kidney: a case report Rare Tumors Neuroendocrine Tumors Kidney Surgery |
| title | Invasive neuroendocrine tumor of the kidney: a case report |
| title_full | Invasive neuroendocrine tumor of the kidney: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Invasive neuroendocrine tumor of the kidney: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Invasive neuroendocrine tumor of the kidney: a case report |
| title_short | Invasive neuroendocrine tumor of the kidney: a case report |
| title_sort | invasive neuroendocrine tumor of the kidney a case report |
| topic | Neuroendocrine Tumors Kidney Surgery |
| url | http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/1305 |
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