Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma in a child.
Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma is an extremely rare condition in adults with no previous case reports in the pediatric age group. The authors report on an 8-year-old girl who underwent nephrectomy for a right-sided renal cystic disease because of extensive involvement of the kidney. Subsequent histopathologic examination findings showed presence of renal cell carcinoma in all the cysts. Awareness of this malignancy in a child is extremely important in the background of recent reports advocating conservative wait and watch management in unilateral renal cystic disease, which has similar clinical and imaging findings.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
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Menon
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Rao
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Kakkar
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Saxena
Meenu
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Singh
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy