Left neck undifferentiated sarcoma with synchronous left kidney renal cell carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Parapharyngeal space sarcomas are rare malignancies and most in the reported literature are synovial sarcomas. Here we present the case of a 27-year-old female with a painless, left-sided neck mass who underwent computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation which demonstrated a benign appearing mass that upon resection unexpectedly proved to be a high-grade undifferentiated sarcoma with rhabdoid features. Staging computed tomography revealed a synchronous renal cell carcinoma with clear cell and papillary features. Despite an extensive genetic work-up no underlying cause linking these two cancers was discovered.

SUBMITTER: Khan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6137406 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature