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Prenatal appearance of a mesoblastic nephroma associated with polyhydramnios

✍ Scribed by Dr. Reynir T. Geirsson; Nora E. M. Ricketts; David J. Taylor; Stuart Coghill

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1985
Tongue
English
Weight
280 KB
Volume
13
Category
Article
ISSN
0091-2751

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✦ Synopsis

Neonatal renal tumors are rare but the most common, mesoblastic nephroma, is nonmetastatic, well differentiated, amenable to surgical removal, and carries a good Polyhydramnios has been noted in a number of these ~ases,4,~ and with sufficient frequency for this tumor to merit consideration when excessive amniotic fluid volumes are encountered. We describe the prenatal appearance of such a tumor associated with large fetal abdominal measurements and polyhydramnios.

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We report the first prenatal diagnosis of a case of congenital mesoblastic nephroma complicated by hydrops fetalis. Congenital mesoblastic nephroma is generally thought to be a benign disease but when complicated by hydrops fetalis it may be a potentially lethal condition.