Abstract
Biphasic pulmonary blastoma is a rare malignancy of the lung composed of proliferating epithelial and mesenchymal cells with a high vessel density at the tumor periphery. We report a rare case of renal metastasis of biphasic pulmonary blastoma that responded to sorafenib, an oral multikinase inhibitor. After 2 months of treatment with sorafenib, the renal tumor size decreased sufficiently to allow a safe laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. We believe that further studies are warranted to confirm the possible effects of sorafenib on pulmonary blastomas.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 344-347 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Thoracic Oncology |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2007 |
Keywords
- Biphasic pulmonary blastoma
- Sorafenib