Congenital cystic mesoblastic nephroma.
With widespread use of antenatal ultrasound, an increasing number of urinary-tract lesions are being detected, and the clinician is called upon to make management decisions. Parenchymal lesions of the kidney pose a special challenge because of the associated risk of the occurrence of malignancy. A case of an antenatally-detected solid/cystic lesion of the kidney diagnosed as a congenital cystic mesoblastic nephroma following nephrectomy is presented and the issues involved in therapeutic decision-making are discussed.
Department of Surgical Paediatrics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, G3 8SJ, Scotland.
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D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D018201:Nephroma, Mesoblastic / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal