[Neuroendocrine renal carcinoma. Presentation of a case].
OBJECTIVE
To report a new case of neuroendocrine renal cell carcinoma.


METHODS
We report the case of a 76-year-old woman with neuroendocrine renal cell carcinoma who underwent radical nephrectomy without any further adjuvant treatment. We performed a bibliographic review about this rare renal neoplasia of which there are less than 20 published case reports.


RESULTS
Patient is asymptomatic four years after surgery, although she has local recurrence.


CONCLUSIONS
Small cell renal cell carcinoma is a very rare neoplasia, affecting people over the age of 60 years, large in size, and metastatic at diagnosis. It has bad prognosis, with short survival times. The most adequate treatment has not been determined due to the scarcity of published cases; the combination of surgery and chemotherapy is the most frequently used.
Servicio de Urología, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España.
José David
JD
Piedra Lara
Angel
A
Tejido Sánchez
Juan Pablo
JP
García de la Torre
Carlos
C
Capitán Manjón
Guillermo
G
Cruceyra Betriu
Oscar
O
Leiva Galvis
D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011379:Prognosis
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor