title: A rare solitary fibrous tumour of kidney.
abstract: A solitary fibrous tumour is an unusual spindle cell neoplasm. It frequently arises from the serosal surface of pleural cavity but has recently been described in diverse extrapleural sites. Urogenital localization is rare and only 36 cases of solitary fibrous tumours of the kidney have been described on published report. We report a case of a large solitary fibrous tumour clinically and radiologically thought to be renal cell carcinoma arising in the kidney of a 30 year old female. The radical nephrectomy was performed. The tumour was a well- circumscribed, solid mass attached to the renal pelvis without necrosis and haemorrhage. Histopathologically, a spindle cell neoplasia with alternating hypo and hypercellular areas, storiform, fascicular and hemangipericytoma like growth pattern and less cellular dense collagen deposits were observed. Immunohistochemical studies revealed reactivity for CD34, CD99 and Bcl-2 protein.
authors.affiliation: B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal.
authors.forename: Tilak Bahadur
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Pathak
authors.affiliation: B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal.
authors.forename: Umesh
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nepal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D054364:Solitary Fibrous Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery