Renal pelvis sarcomatoid carcinoma with renal vein tumor thrombus: A case report and literature review

Table 1 Gene analysis results

Characteristics	Gene	Exon	Nucleic acid variation	Amino acid change	Abundance
Gene name	ELF	Exon 4	c.421G>C	p.E141Q	9.45%
	LTK	Exon 10	c.1321A>G	p.M441V	7.00%
	NOTCH2	Exon 25	c.4028A>G	p.Q1343R	1.34%
	REL	Exon 9	c.947A>G	p.D316G	7.17%
	ZFHX3	Exon 9	c.6643C>T	p.P2215S	2.94%

Table 2 Previous case reports of renal pelvis sarcomatoid carcinoma

No	Ref.	Age/sex/side	Size	Prognosis	Subsequent treatment
1	Chu et al[6], 2023	71/M/R	6.3 × 4.6 cm	Survived over 1 yr	Chemotherapy
2	Rashid et al[11], 2018	70/M/R	5.5 cm × 4.5 cm × 4.5 cm	NA	NA
3	Mohan et al[22], 2018	68/F/L	10.0 cm × 4.5 cm × 3.0 cm	10 m no recurrence	Non
4	Lisa et al[23], 2017	47/M/L	7.0 cm × 5.0 cm × 4.5 cm	1 mo recurrence; Died < 5 mo	Non
5	Kivlin et al[4], 2016	77/M/R	10.0 cm × 10.0 cm × 10.0 cm	NA	Non
6	Cuadra-Urteaga et al[24], 2016	44/M/R	6.0 cm × 6.5 cm × 7.5 cm	T3aNxMx; Died 8 wk after surgery	Non
7	Tian et al[2], 2014	49/F/L	Approximately 2 cm in diameter	T1N0M0; 30-mo follow-up without recurrence	Non
8	Fernández-Pello et al[25], 2014	58/M/R	15.0 cm × 9.0 cm × 7.0 cm	T4NxMx; 18 mo follow-up without recurrence	Non
9	Gill-Samra et al[9], 2012	76/F/R	NA	2 mo recurrence after surgery	Non
10	Chen et al[26], 2011	77/M/L	16.0 cm × 12.0 cm × 9.0 cm	Non-resurrence until the article published	Non
11	Mimura et al[27], 2010	66/M/L	4.0 cm × 3.5 cm × 3.0 cm	Died 7 mo after surgery	Non
12	Masue et al[8], 2007	58/M/L	3.5 cm × 2.3 cm × 2.5 cm	T3N0M1; 46 mo disease-free	Non
13	Thiel et al[28], 2006	61/M/L	4.5 cm in diameter	16 mo without recurrence or metastasis	Non
14	Shimasaki et al[29], 2005	61/F/R	6.5 cm × 4.0 cm × 3.0 cm	16 mo without recurrence or metastasis	Non
15	Acikalin et al[30], 2005	66/M/L	2.5 cm in diameter	Died 7 mo after operation	Non
16	Vermeulen et al[31], 2000	77/M/R	4.7 cm in diameter	8 mo without recurrence or metastasis	Non
17	Sekido et al[32], 2000	72/M/R	8.4 cm × 6.5 cm	9 mo without recurrence or metastasis	Non
18	Kandemir et al[33], 1995	26/M/R	12.0 cm × 8.0 cm × 7.0 cm	Died of septic shock 3 d after the operation	Non

M: Male; F: Female; L: Left; R: Right; NA: Not mentioned.