Renal cell carcinoma is rare in children and is usually found in late childhoo d. The authors report on an exceptional case of renal cell carcinoma in a 10-ye ar-old girl. The radiological aspect is misleading and has...Renal cell carcinoma is rare in children and is usually found in late childhoo d. The authors report on an exceptional case of renal cell carcinoma in a 10-ye ar-old girl. The radiological aspect is misleading and has not been previously reported in the literature. Renal cortex was thin because of congenital megalour eter, so the tumor developed entirely into excretory cavities (to the proximal ureter), while a primitive urothelial disease (tumoral or inflammatory) was first evoked. The atrophied cortex was the tumoral starting point which prolapsed int o excretory cavities, upraising the urothelial epithelium.展开更多
文摘Renal cell carcinoma is rare in children and is usually found in late childhoo d. The authors report on an exceptional case of renal cell carcinoma in a 10-ye ar-old girl. The radiological aspect is misleading and has not been previously reported in the literature. Renal cortex was thin because of congenital megalour eter, so the tumor developed entirely into excretory cavities (to the proximal ureter), while a primitive urothelial disease (tumoral or inflammatory) was first evoked. The atrophied cortex was the tumoral starting point which prolapsed int o excretory cavities, upraising the urothelial epithelium.
