A Case of Renal Hemangiopericytoma.
- Author:
In Yong CHAE
1
;
Mun Hwan CHO
;
Kap Byung KIM
;
Hyun Yul RHEW
;
Man Ha HUR
Author Information
1. Kosin Medical College, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
hemangiopericytoma;
kidney
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Renal Cell;
Hemangiopericytoma*;
Incidence;
Kidney;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Nephrectomy
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1989;30(3):426-429
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hemangiopericytoma of the kidney is extremely rare, which is very much resembled a renal cell carcinoma. It tends to grow slowly but occasionally had demonstrated rapid infiltration and distant metastasis. The incidence and degree of its malignancy appears to be low. Herein we report a case of hemangiopericytoma which was developed from left kidney in 42 old man and treated with radical nephrectomy.
