Renal sarcoma associated with adult polycystic kidney disease. A case report and literature review

Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2004 Jun;76(2):94-6.

Abstract

The development of renal cell carcinoma in Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease (APKD) has been reported in the literature; one of the features of renal malignancy in APKD is the difficulty to make a diagnosis, and the majority of cases reported are incidental findings at surgery or autopsy. We report a rare case of renal sarcoma in a patient with APKD. Sarcoma associated with APKD does not seem to have particular biological characteristics when compared with primary renal sarcoma; however the polycystic kidney represents an aggravating circumstance, because of the difficulty in making an early diagnosis of a disease with a poor prognosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases / complications*
  • Sarcoma / complications*