title: Malignant peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) of the kidney.
abstract: We describe a 61-year-old patient with primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) arising from the kidney. Despite intensive treatment including surgery, combination chemotherapy and radiotherapy, rapid progression of the tumor was encountered and the patient died within six months with widespread disease. This appears to be the first recorded case of PNET of the kidney.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Chaim-Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mor
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nass
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raviv
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nativ
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goldwasser
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018242:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / Q000473:pathology*