Journal of Neonatal Surgery (Dec 2019)

Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma in a Premature Neonate: Should We Give Adjuvant Chemotherapy?

  • Kechiche Nahla,
  • Makhlouf Dorsaf,
  • Belhassen Samia,
  • Hmidi Nahla,
  • Lamiri Rachida,
  • Mekki Mongi,
  • Belguith Mohssen,
  • Nouri Abdellatif

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 3

Abstract

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Congenital mesoblastic nephroma (CMN) is a rare renal tumor of infancy. Complete surgical excision is often sufficient. A premature neonate underwent left radical nephrectomy for CMN without any adjuvant therapy. Pathology was consistent with cellular type CMN. Six months postoperatively, the patient developed recurrence. He subsequently underwent re-excision without any adjuvant chemotherapy. The baby is tumor free for more than a year.

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