Paediatrics: Other renal tumours in childhood

Other renal tumours in childhood

Mesoblastic nephroma

Occurs in infants and is treated with surgery; chemotherapy is only indicat-ed for incompletely excised cases.

Clear cell sarcoma

A bone metastasizing renal tumour of childhood. It is more aggressive than Wilms’ tumour and accounts for about 6% of cases.

Malignant rhabdoid tumour

Rare (<2% renal tumours) and occurs mainly in infants. It is associated with posterior fossa CNS tumours and has an unfavourable outcome