Sandbox: DDx Kidney mass

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  • 3-4 yo patients
  • Asymptomatic abdominal mass
  • May have abdominal pain, fever, nausea/vomiting, hematuria, and hypertension
  • Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and WAGR syndrome
  • Unilateral, smooth, firm, nontender, flank mass
  • Does not cross the midline
  • WT1 and WT2 genes on chromosome 11
  • WTX gene on chromosome X




Nonmalignant causes

anaplastic sarcoma clear cell sarcoma mesoblastic nephroma metanephric stromal tumor nephroblastomatosis / nephrogenic rests neuroblastoma oncocytoid carcinoma after neuroblastoma ossifying tumor renal cell carcinoma rhabdoid tumor translocation carcinoma (children) Wilms tumor of children