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An unusual clinical presentation of rhabdomyomatous Wilms’ tumor

Dean E. Leocádio¹, Martin A. Koyle², Shamlal Mangray³, Anthony A. Caldamone⁴

1 Department of Urology, State University of New York at Upstate, Syracuse, New York, USA
2 Division of Pediatric Urology, Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
3 Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
4 Division of Pediatric Urology, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Dean E. Leocádio, Department of Urology, State University of New York at Upstate, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, New York 13210 USA

Canadian Journal of Urology 2010, 17(1), 5044-5047.

Abstract

Wilms’ tumor (WT) is the most common primary malignant renal tumor in children and usually presents as an abdominal mass. Rhabdomyomatous nephroblastoma is a rare histologic variant of WT. Herein we report an unusual case of WT with rhabdomyomatous differentiation presenting with hematuria and the passage of tissue via the urethra in a 2-year-old male.

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