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Renal Tumors in Children

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4.1Introduction

Renal tumors are rare in children, with some of them being highly treatable and usually curable.

The type of tumor found through pathological examination is very predictive of the outcome of children with renal tumors.

The determination of tumor type is very important so that the children can receive the appropriate therapy.

Renal tumors in children comprise a spectrum ranging from the benign neonatal congenital mesoblastic nephroma to the highly malignant anaplastic Wilms’ tumor and Rhabdoid tumor of the kidney.

Many pediatric renal tumors were previously lumped together and categorized as Wilms tumor.

However, in recent years several specific tumors have been recognized as distinct pathologic entities.

These are separate from the classic Wilms tumor.

Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma) is the commonest renal tumor and accounts for 87 % of pediatric renal tumors.

Although Wilms tumor is the most common pediatric renal malignancy, it is often indistinguishable from other rare but more aggressive tumors like rhabdoid tumor of the kidney and renal clear cell sarcoma or the more benign tumors like mesoblastic nephroma.

Currently, as a result of better understanding of these tumors and the multimodal approach to therapy, survival of these patients has improved to its current rate of more than 80 %.

The diagnosis of renal tumors of childhood is based on:

Clinical presentation

Radiological evaluation

Histopathologic examination

The clinical presentation and radiographic appearance of these tumors are not unique to each tumor, and the diagnosis can only be confirmed by histological evaluation.

The histological diagnosis is also important to decide the most appropriate adjuvant treatment of these tumors as these tumors range from chemosensitive Wilms’ tumors to nonchemosensitive renal cell carcinoma.

As with most tumors, a staging system has been developed to categorize patients for the appropriate treatment.

Patients with tumors confined to the kidney that can be removed completely have the best survival rate.

Patients who have unfavorable histology are not very responsive to chemotherapy or radiation therapy and complete surgical excision is essential.

There are several renal tumors in children and these include:

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A.H. Al-Salem, An Illustrated Guide to Pediatric Urology, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-44182-5_4