Metanephric Tumors of Kidney
G Şakul*, A Tekin*, S Tiryaki*, İ Yağmur*, B Sarsık**, H Alper***, N Elmas****, İ Ulman*, A Avanoğlu*
*Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery
**Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology
***Ege University Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology
****Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology
Aim:Metanephric tumors of kidney are rare benign kidney tumors of childhood.Some authors accept them as a well differentiated variant of Wilms’ tumor;however, tumor behaviour is totally different. The aim of this study is to evaluate
the diagnostic features and treatment options of these rare tumors.
Patients:
We report four children with metanephric kidney tumors
diagnosed incidentally. Three of them were considered as malignant
preoperatively and underwent total nephrectomy. On the other hand, the fourth
patient underwent partial nephrectomy for a strong suspicion of a benign
tumor. The features of the cases are
summarized on table1. When these patients were evaluated retrospectively, their
magnetic resonance images were considered to have some differing features from
Wilms’ tumor. All tumors were well circumscribed, less heterogenous and had
lower contrast enhancement when compared to Wilms tumor.
Age
Gender
Clinical
Presentation
Imaging-MR
Surgery
Pathology
Immunohistochemical
Staining
1
5y
F
Enuresis
34x30mm
solid mass on the lower pole of left kidney
Left
nephrouretherectomy
Metanephric
adenoma
WT1:Positive
CD56:Focal positive
CD57:Focal positive
2
2m
F
Urinary
Tract Infection
20x20mm
solid hypervascular tumor in the posteromedial of left kidney with malignant
features
Left
nephrouretherectomy
Metanephric
stromal tumor
WT1:Positive
CD34:Positive
Vimentin:Positive
CD56:Negative
CD57:Negative
3
7m
F
Urinary
Tract Infection
42x30mm
solid hypoecoic mass on the lower pole of right kidney
Right
nephrouretherectomy
Metanephric
stromal tumor
WT1:Positive
CD34:Positive
4
8y
F
Abdominal
pain
24x23mm
solid well circumscribed tumor on the upper pole of left kidney
Left robotic partial nephrectomy
Metanephric
stromal tumor
WT1:Focal positive
CD34:Focal positive
CD56:Negative
CD57:Negative
Conclusion:Wilms’ tumor constitutes the majority of renal tumors in children. As other
renal tumors are very rare in children, clinicians may opt to radical surgery
for not taking them into consideration. Benign kidney tumors should be kept in
mind for nephron sparing surgery options especially in the presence of atypical
findings.
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