Key result
Radical surgical treatment in an elderly patient with primary synovial cell sarcoma of the kidney resulted in a sustained complete remission.
Case Report (n=1)
Radical surgical treatment can lead to sustained complete remission in elderly patients with primary synovial cell sarcoma of the kidney.
May support radical surgery for rare renal sarcomas in elderly patients; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Synovial cell sarcoma (SCS) of the kidney is a rare tumor entity with a poor prognosis. Morphologic and immunohistochemical characteristics may overlap with other more common neoplasms of the kidney. Therefore, the diagnosis of primary renal SCS not only requires the exclusion of similar tumor types, but also a confirmation of SYT-SSX gene fusion using molecular techniques. The treatment comprises radical surgery, and, depending on age and health status, adjuvant chemotherapy in selected patients. Here, we present an elderly SCS patient in whom straightforward radical surgical treatment resulted in a sustained complete remission; it allowed us to perform a literature survey focusing on current diagnostic tools for SCS.
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Vedana et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Primary Synovial Cell Sarcoma of the kidney (n=1). Radical surgery was evaluated on Sustained complete remission. Radical surgical treatment in an elderly patient with primary synovial cell sarcoma of the kidney resulted in a sustained complete remission.
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