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Early diagnosis and laparoscopic nephrectomy for an asymptomatic primary renal angiosarcoma led to long-term survival in a single patient.
Early diagnosis and laparoscopic nephrectomy can lead to long-term survival in patients with asymptomatic primary renal angiosarcoma.
May support early surgery in rare asymptomatic renal angiosarcoma; single-case data leaves open generalizability and practice change.
We report the first case of a diagnosis of an asymptomatic primary renal angiosarcoma. The patient underwent laparoscopic nephrectomy and is alive after long-term follow up. We provide the preoperative imaging studies and the histologic features of this exceedingly rare tumor.
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Akkad et al. (2006) studied this question. Early diagnosis and laparoscopic nephrectomy for an asymptomatic primary renal angiosarcoma led to long-term survival in a single patient.
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