title: Synovial sarcoma of kidney in a child: A rare presentation.
abstract: There are no reported cases in the literature of primary renal synovial sarcoma in pediatric patients. The management of renal synovial sarcoma has been extrapolated from the management of soft tissue sarcomas at other sites. We present a 4-year-old female who was suspected to have Wilms' tumor. The patient underwent guided biopsy as she did not respond to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for Wilms' tumor. The biopsy was consistent with primary renal synovial sarcoma. The child was treated with change in her neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen and surgery. The diagnosis of synovial sarcoma was confirmed by demonstrating the t (X, 18) translocation using polymerase chain reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Venkatraman
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Manikandan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dhanushkodi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Kathiresan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Narayanswamy
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raja
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sundersingh
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Tenali
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sagar
keywords: Chemotherapy; kidney; sarcoma