1. Organ-confined primitive neuroectodermal tumor arising from the kidney
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Terry W. Hensle, Larisa Debelenko, Steven Y. Tennenbaum, Linda Granowetter, and John S. Lam
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Vincristine ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Abdominal pain ,Adolescent ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Nephrectomy ,Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ,Weight Loss ,medicine ,Humans ,Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive ,Ifosfamide ,Neuroectodermal tumor ,Cyclophosphamide ,Etoposide ,Chemotherapy ,Kidney ,business.industry ,Remission Induction ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Combined Modality Therapy ,Kidney Neoplasms ,Abdominal Pain ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Doxorubicin ,Primitive neuroectodermal tumor ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,Surgery ,medicine.symptom ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) of the kidney is a rare entity with high malignant potential. Of the reported cases of renal PNET, patients presented with metastatic disease and had a poor response to therapy. The authors describe a rare case of an organ-confined primary PNET arising from the kidney in a 16-year-old girl who presented with vague abdominal pain. Tumor behavior and treatment modalities are discussed.
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- 2003
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