title: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the kidney.
abstract: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are rare in the genitourinary organs, with few reports of occurrence in the kidney. We describe a patient with a renal malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, discovered after excision of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath scalp lesion, with additional masses in the lung and shoulder on metastatic evaluation. This patient underwent neoadjuvant intravenous doxorubicin therapy, followed by surgical resection of the scalp, lung and shoulder lesions in addition to a radical nephrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Gregory R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Szlyk
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Manyak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed