Sarcomatoid renal carcinoma. Report of 2 cases
Arruti Izco, J.M.; Berné Manero, J.Miguel.; Trallero Catevilla, Jús.; Vera Alvarez, Jús.; Abad Roger, J.; Sanz Velez, J.Ignacio.
Archivos Espanoles de Urologia 56(1): 71-74
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0614 PMID: 12701484 Document Number: 564735
To describe two cases of sarcomatoid renal carcinoma, one of them is alive after five years from surgery. Both patients had undergone radical nephrectomy, without complementary treatment. One patient is alive after five years; the second patient presented acute renal failure and died after five days from surgery. Sarcomatoid renal carcinoma is a uncommon variety of renal cell carcinoma, with highly malignant behavior. The median survival is six months, but exceptional cases with larger survival (five years) have been reported in the literature.