title: Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney with level II inferior vena cava involvement.
abstract: Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of renal origin, PNET, is extraordinarily rare and often lethal. Here we present a case of renal PNET managed successfully by radical nephrectomy, caval thrombectomy and retroperitoneal node dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
authors.forename: K Clint
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Cary
authors.forename: Chandru P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Sundaram
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D018242:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior