Malignant lymphoma with isolated kidney involvement.
A case of reticulum cell sarcoma with kidney involvement is described. The diagnosis was established by open renal biopsy only when the disease was far advanced. Treatment with combination chemotherapy and radiotherapy brought about very short remission and the patient died in uremia. Autopsy showed isolated kidney involvement with only metastasis in thyroid gland.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male