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Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma

MedGen UID:
220423
•Concept ID:
C1266139
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Cystic Partially Differentiated Kidney Nephroblastoma; cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma; Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma of kidney; Malignant Cystic Nephroma; Malignant cystic nephroma; malignant cystic nephroma; Malignant Multilocular Cystic Nephroma; Malignant multilocular cystic nephroma; malignant multilocular cystic nephroma
SNOMED CT: Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma (128758001); Malignant multilocular cystic nephroma (128759009); Malignant cystic nephroma (128759009); Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma of kidney (1148935009); Malignant cystic nephroma (1148852009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0030604

Definition

A variant of Wilms tumor of the kidney characterized by the presence of cystic spaces separated by septa. The septa contain immature epithelial cells, immature stromal cells, and blastema cells. Surgical resection is usually curative. [from NCI]

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  • CROGVCystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Incidence, treatment, and outcomes of primary and recurrent Non-Wilms renal tumors in children: Report of 109 patients treated at a single institution.
Qureshi SS, Bhagat M, Verma K, Yadav S, Prasad M, Vora T, Chinnaswamy G, Amin N, Smriti V, Baheti A, Laskar S, Khanna N, Ramadwar M, Shah S
J Pediatr Urol 2020 Aug;16(4):475.e1-475.e9. Epub 2020 Jun 5 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2020.05.168. PMID: 32620510
Treatment of cystic nephroma and cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma--a report from the SIOP/GPOH study group.
Luithle T, Szavay P, Furtwängler R, Graf N, Fuchs J; SIOP/GPOH Study Group
J Urol 2007 Jan;177(1):294-6. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.09.011. PMID: 17162067
Multilocular cyst of the kidney (cystic nephroma) and cystic, partially differentiated nephroblastoma. Terminology and criteria for diagnosis.
Joshi VV, Beckwith JB
Cancer 1989 Jul 15;64(2):466-79. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19890715)64:2<466::aid-cncr2820640221>3.0.co;2-v. PMID: 2544253

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pediatric cystic nephromas: distinctive features and frequent DICER1 mutations.
Cajaiba MM, Khanna G, Smith EA, Gellert L, Chi YY, Mullen EA, Hill DA, Geller JI, Dome JS, Perlman EJ
Hum Pathol 2016 Feb;48:81-7. Epub 2015 Oct 28 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2015.08.022. PMID: 26772403Free PMC Article
Cystic nephroma, cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma and cystic Wilms' tumor in children: a spectrum with therapeutic dilemmas.
van den Hoek J, de Krijger R, van de Ven K, Lequin M, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM
Urol Int 2009;82(1):65-70. Epub 2009 Jan 20 doi: 10.1159/000176028. PMID: 19172100
Treatment of cystic nephroma and cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma--a report from the SIOP/GPOH study group.
Luithle T, Szavay P, Furtwängler R, Graf N, Fuchs J; SIOP/GPOH Study Group
J Urol 2007 Jan;177(1):294-6. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.09.011. PMID: 17162067
Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, and multiple congenital anomalies associated with variegated mosaic aneuploidy and premature centromere division: a case report.
Furukawa T, Azakami S, Kurosawa H, Ono Y, Ueda Y, Konno Y
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2003 Nov;25(11):896-9. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200311000-00014. PMID: 14608201
Outcome of children with cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma treated with or without chemotherapy.
Blakely ML, Shamberger RC, Norkool P, Beckwith JB, Green DM, Ritchey ML; National Wilms' Tumor Study Group
J Pediatr Surg 2003 Jun;38(6):897-900. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(03)00118-0. PMID: 12778388

Diagnosis

A Case of Bilateral Cystic Partially Differentiated Nephroblastoma vs Cystic Wilms' Tumor: Highlighting a Diagnostic Dilemma.
Stout TE, Au JK, Hicks JM, Gargollo PC
Urology 2016 Jun;92:106-9. Epub 2016 Feb 2 doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2016.01.018. PMID: 26850814
Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma.
Puvaneswary M, Macintosh J, Cassey J
Australas Radiol 2006 Jun;50(3):255-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01574.x. PMID: 16732826
Renal cystic neoplasms and renal neoplasms associated with cystic renal diseases: pathogenetic and molecular links.
Truong LD, Choi YJ, Shen SS, Ayala G, Amato R, Krishnan B
Adv Anat Pathol 2003 May;10(3):135-59. doi: 10.1097/00125480-200305000-00003. PMID: 12717117
Extensively cystic renal neoplasms: cystic nephroma, cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma, multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma, and cystic hamartoma of renal pelvis.
Eble JN, Bonsib SM
Semin Diagn Pathol 1998 Feb;15(1):2-20. PMID: 9503503
Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma.
Brown JM
J Pathol 1975 Mar;115(3):175-8. doi: 10.1002/path.1711150307. PMID: 168329

Therapy

Stage III cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma recurring after nephrectomy and chemotherapy.
Baker JM, Viero S, Kim PC, Grant RM
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2008 Jan;50(1):129-31. doi: 10.1002/pbc.20930. PMID: 16786584
Outcome of children with cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma treated with or without chemotherapy.
Blakely ML, Shamberger RC, Norkool P, Beckwith JB, Green DM, Ritchey ML; National Wilms' Tumor Study Group
J Pediatr Surg 2003 Jun;38(6):897-900. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(03)00118-0. PMID: 12778388
Malignant renal tumors of childhood.
Schmidt D, Harms D, Leuschner I
Pathol Res Pract 1992 Feb;188(1-2):1-15. doi: 10.1016/S0344-0338(11)81150-7. PMID: 1317553
Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma.
Ninane J, Gosseye S, Claus D, Otte JB, Cornu G
Helv Paediatr Acta 1981 Sep;36(4):377-82. PMID: 6268574
Case report: cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma (Wilms tumor).
Keegan GT, Peterson RF, Stucki WJ, Street L
J Urol 1979 Mar;121(3):362-4. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)56787-7. PMID: 219264

Prognosis

Nephroblastic neoplasms.
Khoury JD
Clin Lab Med 2005 Jun;25(2):341-61, vi-vii. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2005.01.010. PMID: 15848740
Outcome of children with cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma treated with or without chemotherapy.
Blakely ML, Shamberger RC, Norkool P, Beckwith JB, Green DM, Ritchey ML; National Wilms' Tumor Study Group
J Pediatr Surg 2003 Jun;38(6):897-900. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(03)00118-0. PMID: 12778388
Malignant renal tumors of childhood.
Schmidt D, Harms D, Leuschner I
Pathol Res Pract 1992 Feb;188(1-2):1-15. doi: 10.1016/S0344-0338(11)81150-7. PMID: 1317553
Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma.
Ninane J, Gosseye S, Claus D, Otte JB, Cornu G
Helv Paediatr Acta 1981 Sep;36(4):377-82. PMID: 6268574
Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma: an entity in the spectrum of infantile renal neoplasia.
Joshi VV
Perspect Pediatr Pathol 1979;5:217-35. PMID: 231757

Clinical prediction guides

Spectrum of pediatric kidney tumours with special references to WT1 immunostain at a tertiary care hospital.
Das C, Mukhopadhyay M, Maity N, Parvin T, Mukhopadhyay B, Mukhopadhyay B
J Cancer Res Ther 2022 Jan-Mar;18(1):209-213. doi: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_436_19. PMID: 35381785
Incidence, treatment, and outcomes of primary and recurrent Non-Wilms renal tumors in children: Report of 109 patients treated at a single institution.
Qureshi SS, Bhagat M, Verma K, Yadav S, Prasad M, Vora T, Chinnaswamy G, Amin N, Smriti V, Baheti A, Laskar S, Khanna N, Ramadwar M, Shah S
J Pediatr Urol 2020 Aug;16(4):475.e1-475.e9. Epub 2020 Jun 5 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2020.05.168. PMID: 32620510
Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma in an adult: a case imitating the process of normal nephrogenesis along with corresponding WT1 expression.
Tajima S, Waki M
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2015;8(1):989-94. Epub 2015 Jan 1 PMID: 25755807Free PMC Article
Germline DICER1 mutations and familial cystic nephroma.
Bahubeshi A, Bal N, Rio Frio T, Hamel N, Pouchet C, Yilmaz A, Bouron-Dal Soglio D, Williams GM, Tischkowitz M, Priest JR, Foulkes WD
J Med Genet 2010 Dec;47(12):863-6. Epub 2010 Oct 29 doi: 10.1136/jmg.2010.081216. PMID: 21036787
Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, and multiple congenital anomalies associated with variegated mosaic aneuploidy and premature centromere division: a case report.
Furukawa T, Azakami S, Kurosawa H, Ono Y, Ueda Y, Konno Y
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2003 Nov;25(11):896-9. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200311000-00014. PMID: 14608201

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