title: Fetal rhabdomyomatous nephroblastoma: diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration cytology--a case report.
abstract: The present report describes the case of a 21-mo-old boy with a fetal rhabdomyomatous nephroblastoma (FRN) diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). The smears contained numerous isolated or clustered, deeply eosinophilic, thin, elongated rhabdomyoblasts with oval nuclei. Some of these cells presented cross-striations. Peculiar clusters of small, deeply eosinophilic, round cells with and without rounded nuclei in a mosaic pattern were interpreted as representing transversally oriented rhabdomyoblasts. Fetal rhabdomyoblasts were by far the predominant type of cell. Histology of the surgical specimen proved 90% of the mass to be constituted of fetal rhadomyomatous tissue. Adequate recognition of FRN is useful for the planning of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital de Niños Superiora Sor María Ludovica, La Plata, Argentina. patologi@netverk.com.ar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Drut
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pollono
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery