title: Primary renal angiosarcoma: a rare malignancy. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor occurring in less than 2% of soft tissue sarcomas. Angiosarcoma involving the kidney usually represents metastasis from skin or visceral primary lesions, while angiosarcoma primarily occurring in the kidney is a very rare neoplasm. In the English literature, from 1942 to the present, only 19 cases of primary kidney angiosarcoma have been reported. A case of primary renal angiosarcoma presenting as a large kidney mass and flank pain occurring after traumatism is reported. The present case represents further evidence of a rare malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leggio
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Addolorato
authors.forename: Ludovico
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Abenavoli
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrulli
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mirijello
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vonghia
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schinzari
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arena
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perrone
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Citterio
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonomo
authors.forename: Gian Ludovico
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Rapaccini
authors.forename: Arnaldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capelli
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barone
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gasbarrini
mesh_terms: D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed