Sandbox: DDx Kidney mass

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  • Present at birth
  • Haematuria
  • Palpable abdominal mass
  • Fetal hypercalcaemia
  • Connective tissue growing between nephrons replacing most of the renal parenchyma
  • Cellular clusters of spindle cells
  • Mild nuclear pleomorphism
  • Increased mitotic activity
  • No blastema
  • Antenatal U/S
  • Well-defined mass with low-level homogeneous echoes
  • Concentric echogenic and hypoechoic rings
  • Increased vasculairty
  • Polyhydramnios


  • t(12;15)
  • ETV6-NTRK3 gene fusion


Nonmalignant causes

anaplastic sarcoma clear cell sarcoma mesoblastic nephroma metanephric stromal tumor nephroblastomatosis / nephrogenic rests neuroblastoma oncocytoid carcinoma after neuroblastoma ossifying