Urologie pro praxi 1/2017
Five-year survival after radical nephrectomy for primary renal leiomyosarcoma
The authors describe the case of a patient with the tumor of the upper pole of the left kidney, incidentally detected sonographically, which was performed in July 2011 due to a right hypogastric pain. There were no dissemination detected by imaging before operation. Histologically, after the left-sided radical transperitoneal nephrectomy, there was confirmed leiomyosarcoma of the kidney – low grade, no lymph nodes was positive. Even though the bad prognosis of these tumor group, the patient is right now 5 years after the nephrectomy with no detection of a local recurrence or metastases.
Keywords: leiomyosarcoma, radical nephrectomy, overall survival.
