Metanephric stromal tumor: An unusual presentation of a rare paediatric renal neoplasm

Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2018 Jan-Mar;15(1):50-52. doi: 10.4103/ajps.AJPS_56_17.

Abstract

A 2-year-old boy with prenatal diagnosis of a malformation uropathy was referred to paediatric surgery department. On systemic examination, there were no palpable masses. An ultrasonography of abdomen with color Doppler, a renal artery angiographic and scintigraphy revealed a preostial aneurysm at the left renal artery. The patient had a left nephrectomy. Grossly, the specimen measured 75 mm × mm 50 × 20 mm with renal artery aneurysm measuring 30 mm × 35 mm. On cut section, the renal parenchyma contained a whitish tumor that measured 35 mm × 10 mm. Histopathologically, this tumor was diagnosed as metanephric stromal tumor.

Keywords: Aneurysm; metanephric stromal tumor; paediatric neoplasm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging*
  • Kidney / surgery
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Nephrectomy / methods*
  • Rare Diseases
  • Stromal Cells / pathology
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler