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Chapter-43 Common Renal Tumors

BOOK TITLE: Principles and Practice of Pediatric Nephrology

Author
1. Bagdi RK
ISBN
9788180613043
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11074_43
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2004
Pages
6
Author Affiliations
1. Madras Medical College and Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children Egmore, Chennai, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abstract

‘Wilms’ tumor’ is the most common renal tumor in children. Treatment as well as definition of nephroblastoma also has had a progressive history. Wilms’ tumor (WT) is a malignant embryonal tumor of the kidney and the second most common malignant retroperitoneal tumor. It is the most common primary renal tumor of childhood. In spite of the improvement of recent knowledge regarding Wilms’ tumor the exact etiology of its development remains unclear. Wilms’ tumor is recognized as an embryonal renal neoplasm in which blastemal, stromal and epithelial cell types are present. It has been postulated that these blastemal elements or nephroblastomatosis may be the precursors of Wilms’ tumor. The development of oncogenesis appears to occur through hamartomas, which may become blastemic tumorlets, which may then in turn colonize to produce a Wilms’ tumor.

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