title: Primary synovial sarcoma of the kidney.
abstract: Primary renal synovial sarcomas (SS) are rare tumors of the kidney. Faria first described primary renal synovial sarcoma in 1999. Twenty-one cases of primary renal synovial sarcoma have been reported to date. Primary renal synovial sarcomas can exist in either a monophasic or a biphasic pattern. The monophasic variant of primary renal synovial sarcoma is more common and tends to have a better prognosis than the biphasic variant. We present the case of a 61 year-old woman with a monophasic variant of primary renal synovial sarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Urology and Pathology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 25606, USA.
authors.forename: Adam E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Perlmutter
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaslau
authors.forename: William Wl
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hesam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Farivar-Mohseni
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion; C116512:SYT-SSX fusion protein