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Arch Esp Urol
; 56(1): 71-4, 2003.
Artículo
en Español
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12701484
RESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To describe two cases of sarcomatoid renal carcinoma, one of them is alive after five years from surgery. METHODS: Both patients had undergone radical nephrectomy, without complementary treatment. RESULTS: One patient is alive after five years; the second patient presented acute renal failure and died after five days from surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Sarcomatoid renal carcinoma is a uncommon variety of renal cell carcinoma, with highly malignant behavior. The median survival is six months, but exceptional cases with larger survival (five years) have been reported in the literature.