An unusual renal malignancy of childhood: unilateral teratoid Wilms's tumor

Pediatr Pathol Mol Med. 2003 Sep-Oct;22(5):435-41.

Abstract

Teratoid Wilms's tumor is a rare histologic variant of the classical Wilms's tumor, containing predominantly heterolougus tissues (adipose, glial, muscle, cartilage, or bone). We report an unusual variant of such tumor, which simulated renal teratoma because of abundant fat within the tumor. The child underwent radical excision; postoperatively, he was treated with chemotherapy, and now the child is well at 36 months after surgery. The behavior of this kind of tumor usually is not aggressive, and the outcome is good. Surgery should be the treatment of choice, because the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiotherapy is probably reduced by the high amount of differentiated and mature tissue that characterizes this neoplasm. Radiologic imaging and pathological features of this rare entity are described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Teratoma / diagnosis
  • Teratoma / pathology*
  • Teratoma / surgery
  • Wilms Tumor / diagnosis
  • Wilms Tumor / pathology*
  • Wilms Tumor / surgery