Congenital cystic mesoblastic nephroma

• DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0833-0
• Publication Date: 2019-12-11T21:01:19Z
• Authors: G. Murthi; R. Carachi; A. Howatson
• Keywords: Male; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; Infant; Nephroma, Mesoblastic; Nephrectomy; Kidney Neoplasms; Ultrasonography, Prenatal; 3. Good health

With widespread use of antenatal ultrasound, an increasing number of urinary-tract lesions are being detected, and the clinician is called upon to make management decisions. Parenchymal lesions of the kidney pose a special challenge because of the associated risk of the occurrence of malignancy. A case of an antenatally-detected solid/cystic lesion of the kidney diagnosed as a congenital cystic mesoblastic nephroma following nephrectomy is presented and the issues involved in therapeutic decision-making are discussed.