Primary angiosarcoma arising in an angiomyolipoma of the kidney: case report and literature review

• Main Authors: Hongwei Guan (Author), Lizhi Zhang (Author), Qiuping Zhang (Author), Wenjing Qi (Author), Suling Xie (Author), Jinping Hou (Author), Huali Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Primary angiosarcoma of the kidney is a rare and aggressive malignant tumor presenting with a recognizable vascular differentiation. Its prognosis is fatal and the pathogenesis remains unclear. Renal angiomyolipoma is a relatively infrequent renal cortical neoplasm and is compose...