Contralateral intralobar nephrogenic rests: possible confusion with bilateral Wilms tumor

L S Baskin; C A Massad; M B Cohen; A R Ablin; B A Kogan

doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38175-2

Contralateral intralobar nephrogenic rests: possible confusion with bilateral Wilms tumor

J Urol. 1991 Dec;146(6):1591-3. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38175-2.

Authors

L S Baskin¹, C A Massad, M B Cohen, A R Ablin, B A Kogan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco.

PMID: 1658401
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38175-2

Abstract

We report 2 cases of unilateral Wilms tumor associated with contralateral intralobar nephrogenic rests. This disease complex may be confused with bilateral Wilms tumor, which may alter therapeutic decision-making.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Infant
Kidney Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Kidney Neoplasms* / pathology
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / diagnostic imaging
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Wilms Tumor* / diagnostic imaging
Wilms Tumor* / pathology