Background: Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is one of the common malignant tumors in infants and children, but it is extremely rare in the kidney. In this paper, we present a case of RMS the kidney of a child. Case presentation: A 6-month old girl presented with agitation, low fever and abdominal distention which started 5 days ago. On physical examination, the infant had a large and firm soft tissue ma...

Introduction: Wilms’ tumor or nephroblastoma is an embryonal that develops from the remaining immature kidney and fourth most common primary renal malignancy in children. An asymptomatic abdominal mass present more than 90% hematuria 30% of patients. Preoperative workup includes complete laboratory blood tests imaging to ensure intrarenal mass. This study aimed describe anesthetic management pa...

BACKGROUND Approximately 10% of nephroblastomas (Wilms' tumors) carry mutations in the Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) gene. Recently, a WT1 antibody raised against N-terminal 1-181 amino acids of human WT1 became commercially available for immunohistochemical use on paraffin-embedded tissue. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic and prognostic value of WT1 N-terminal antibody in nephrob...

The proliferative potential of a spinal nephroblastoma was studied in a young dog. A 4-month-old, female golden retriever showed developing deterioration in her gait and subsequent paralysis of her hind legs. At necropsy, a well-demarcated grayish brown tumor mass was found in the lumbar spinal cord segments between L2 and L3. Histologically, a blastemal cell tumor with a tubule- or glomeruli-l...