Non-hormone-induced mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of kidney in a man: description of a rare case

Urology. 2008 Jan;71(1):168.e7-9. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.09.057.

Abstract

Mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of the kidney is a recently recognized category of lesions occurring mostly in adult, middle-age women with a history of hormonal treatment. We present a rare case of a 58-year-old asymptomatic man without a history of hormonal treatment with a tumor characterized by proliferation of multiple cysts lined by single layers of epithelial cells and hypercellular stroma of spindle "ovarian-like" cells. Immunohistochemically, the stromal cells reacted against estrogen and progesterone receptors, vimentin, desmin, and CD34. A follow-up computed tomography scan performed 8 months after surgical enucleation of the lesion showed no signs of recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, CD34 / metabolism
  • Desmin / metabolism
  • Frozen Sections
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / metabolism
  • Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / surgery
  • Stromal Cells / pathology*

Substances

  • Antigens, CD34
  • Desmin