Primary osteosarcoma of the kidney

Cancer. 1978 Feb;41(2):724-7. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197802)41:2<724::aid-cncr2820410244>3.0.co;2-n.

Abstract

Osteosarcoma arising in the kidney is a bona fide entity. A case is reported and described in clinical and pathological detail. Characteristic changes include a palpable stony hard renal mass associated with radiographic demonstration of sunburst calcification in the kidney. The case presented is unique in that virtually the entire specimen was composed of bone.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / pathology
  • Ossification, Heterotopic
  • Osteosarcoma / pathology*