Teratoid Wilms' tumor: a case report.
Teratoid Wilms' tumor is rarely seen and is a description used only recently. The term describes classical nephroma with a diversity of cell types and tissues. In this reported case, the epithelial component consisting of squamous areas made up 70 percent of the tumor; no criteria of dysplasia nor any nephroblastomatosis areas or endodermal elements were presented. Although it is reported that teratoid Wilms' tumor is not usually aggressive or metastatic, a case of unilateral teratoid Wilms' tumor in a 2.5-year-old-boy who died because of metastatic disease is presented and the literature reviewed.
Karaca
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. Behçet Uz Children's Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
Sencan
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Ortaç
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Bostanci-Sencan
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Mir
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy