A Case of Intrarenal Neuroblastoma.
- Author:
Airi HAN
1
;
Seok Joo HAN
;
Jung Tak OH
;
Seung Hoon CHOI
;
Eui Ho HWANG
Author Information
1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Neuroblastoma;
Wilms' tumor;
Kidney;
Children
- MeSH:
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant;
Child;
Female;
Humans;
Infant;
Kidney;
Nephrectomy;
Neuroblastoma*;
Retroperitoneal Space;
Wilms Tumor
- From:Journal of the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons
2000;6(2):156-159
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Neuroblastoma arises from the embryonic tissue of adrenergic rest. It is commonly found in children but mostly in nonrenal tissue. We present a case of intrarenal neuroblastoma which was initially mistaken as Wilms' tumor in a 18 months-old girl treated with radical nephrectomy with postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. The location of mass within the kidney cannot always indicate that it is Wilms' tumor. Sometimes neuroblastoma from adrenal or retroperitoneal space often compresses or invades directly the kidney and it can also origanate in the kidney. Important clinical aspects in differenctialting neuroblastoma and Wilms' tumor along with review of literatures are discussed.
