title: Early diagnosis and straight forward surgery of an asymptomatic primary angiosarcoma of the kidney led to long-term survival.
abstract: We report the first case of a diagnosis of an asymptomatic primary renal angiosarcoma. The patient underwent laparoscopic nephrectomy and is alive after long-term follow up. We provide the preoperative imaging studies and the histologic features of this exceedingly rare tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. thomas.akkad@uklibk.ac.at
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akkad
authors.forename: Alexandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsankov
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pelzer
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peschel
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bartsch
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steiner
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor