Nephron-sparing surgery for multilocular cyst of the kidney in a child.
Multilocular cyst of the kidney is an uncommon benign renal neoplasm. Because of its benign nature, this lesion is best managed by nephron-sparing surgery. This report describes a child who underwent a partial nephrectomy for a multilocular cyst of the kidney. After reviewing other cases, we discuss the clinical characteristics of multilocular cyst of the kidney and emphasize the cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma as a differential diagnosis.
Okada
Tadao
T
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Yoshida
Hideo
H
Matsunaga
Tadashi
T
Kouchi
Katsunori
K
Ohtsuka
Yasuhiro
Y
Saitou
Takeshi
T
Horie
Hiroshi
H
Ohnuma
Naomi
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D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D021501:Flank Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis