Renal Metastasis of a Malignant Myopericytoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Autor: Jeroen Van Besien, Pieter Uvin, Caroline Van den Broecke, David Creytens, Luc Merckx
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: European Medical Journal Urology, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 82-87 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2053-4213
Popis: Myopericytoma is a rare tumour arising from myopericytes. Myopericytes are transitional cells between pericytes, which are perivascular cells adjacent to capillaries, and vascular smooth muscle cells. We report a case of cutaneous myopericytoma metastasising to the right kidney. It represents one of the few cases of malignant behaviour in myopericytoma, and is the first report of a myopericytoma metastasising to the urinary tract. This case suggests that the traditional view that urinary myopericytoma are benign lesions needs to be updated.
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