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A rare case of intrarenal teratoma in a 6‐month‐old male
Author(s) -
Evans Kathryn,
Rogers Timothy,
GarrettCox Robin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.22621
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , biopsy , chemotherapy , teratoma , wilms' tumor , renal biopsy , radiology , germ cell tumors , surgery , general surgery , kidney
We report a rare case of an intrarenal teratoma in a 6‐month‐old male. Following biopsy, he was successfully managed with a primary nephrectomy. This patient presented as would a Wilms tumor. According to SIOP guidelines, the diagnosis of Wilms tumor is made on clinical and imaging information only, prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. This patient was investigated, according to UK (CCLG) guidelines, with a biopsy prior to treatment and therefore avoided unnecessary chemotherapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010;55:1207–1209. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.