Ewing's sarcoma / primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney

Aktuelle Urol. 2009 Aug;40(4):247-9. doi: 10.1055/s-0028-1098827. Epub 2009 Mar 17.

Abstract

A 42-year-old female presented with right back pain. The CT scan revealed a 72-mm space-occupying lesion in the middle portion of the right kidney. No metastasis was proven. She underwent laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and lymph node disection. The histopathological examination revealed a high-grade primitive small round tumor the cells of which were strongly positive for CD99 and vimentin. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis using a DNA probe for the Ewing sarcoma breakpoint region 1 (EWSR 1) on chromosome 22g12 revealed a rearrangement of the EWSR 1 locus. The diagnosis was Ewing's sarcoma / primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney. She underwent 13 cycles of chemotherapy, and has no evidence of recurrence 19 months after surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics
  • Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 / genetics
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Gene Rearrangement / genetics
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Laparoscopy
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Nephrectomy
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / diagnosis*
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / drug therapy
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / pathology
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / surgery
  • RNA-Binding Protein EWS
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / drug therapy
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / pathology
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Calmodulin-Binding Proteins
  • EWSR1 protein, human
  • RNA-Binding Protein EWS
  • RNA-Binding Proteins