Abstract
Background
Compared to Wilms, non-Wilms renal tumors in children are less well understood due to their rare occurrence which limits precise definition of the typical imaging patterns.
Objective
This study aims to identify distinctive imaging findings, demographic characteristics and prognosis of pediatric non-Wilms renal tumors.
Materials and methods
From January 2007 to December 2018, 207 patients with a diagnosis of primary kidney neoplasia were yielded from our radiology archive, 171 of whom were diagnosed with Wilms tumor, 4 with angiomyolipoma and one with nephrogenic rest. The remaining 31 patients with a diagnosis of primary kidney neoplasia were enrolled in this retrospective study. Imaging data, age, gender, prognosis and findings regarding follow-up were noted.
Results
Eight patients had renal cell carcinoma, seven had clear cell sarcoma, six had mesoblastic nephroma, four had rhabdoid tumor, three had desmoplastic small round cell tumor, two had cystic nephroma and one had metanephric stromal tumor. The age of diagnosis was > 8 years for renal cell carcinoma and desmoplastic small round cell tumor, < 5 years for rhabdoid tumor and < 7 months for mesoblastic nephroma. There was no gender preference for any tumor type. The prognosis for rhabdoid tumor was extremely poor in that all the patients followed up in our institute were deceased, whereas no recurrence was found in other tumors. Translocation type renal cell carcinoma had lower T2-weighted signal intensity, mesoblastic nephroma was a predominantly cystic mass, clear cell sarcoma was generally larger at presentation and extensive amorphous calcifications were seen in desmoplastic small round cell tumor.
Conclusion
For the differential diagnosis of pediatric non-Wilms renal tumors, age is the most important factor, followed by propensity to metastasize/aggressive behavior of the mass. Knowledge of specific imaging findings of these tumors may help to narrow the differential diagnosis.
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Ayaz, E., Ozcan, H.N., Oguz, B. et al. Beyond Wilms tumor: imaging findings and outcomes of rare renal tumors in children. Pediatr Radiol 52, 2557–2567 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-022-05422-7
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