Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumour Invading the Inferior Vena Cava

Ali Mir; Marzieh Lashkari; Fatemeh Jafari; Behnam Molavi

doi:10.12890/2020_001439

Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumour Invading the Inferior Vena Cava

Eur J Case Rep Intern Med. 2020 Apr 7;7(8):001439. doi: 10.12890/2020_001439. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Ali Mir¹, Marzieh Lashkari², Fatemeh Jafari², Behnam Molavi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Radiation Oncology Research Center, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

In the present report, we describe our experience with a 44-year-old male with abnormal retroperitoneal primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNETs) in our hospital, who was operated on with a spindle cell neoplasm diagnosis.

Learning points: Appropriate treatment is a crucial challenge in patients with PNETs due to late referral.The differential diagnoses were malignant pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma and retroperitoneal sarcoma.Physicians should keep in mind that the patient could be simultaneously suffering from sarcoma and a retroperitoneal PNET.

Keywords: Neuroectodermal tumours; diagnosis; hospital; male.