Angiosarcoma of kidney.
We describe a forty-six-year-old man who died of disseminated angiosarcoma ten months after a radical nephrectomy and postoperative radiation therapy for a renal angiosarcoma. We found 3 other well-documented reports of renal angiosarcoma, all in men. Two of the 3 cases previously reported also had a rapidly fatal course with hematogenous spread of the neoplasm following nephrectomy. Angiosarcoma of the kidney, although rare, is apparently a highly malignant fatal neoplasm, and effective therapy remains unknown.
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy