A CASE OF SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF THE RENAL CELL CARCINOMA IN A CHILD
1964 Volume 55 Issue 5 Pages 481-492
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1964 Volume 55 Issue 5 Pages 481-492
1) A case report of spontaneous rupture of the malignant tumor of the right kidney in a child is presented. The patient is a girl aged 2 years and 2 months, who had haematuria, fever and a state of shock. Nephrectomy was performed. The size of the removed kidney was 9×6×6cm, and the weight was 105g. Pathological diagnosis was renal cell carcinoma (of embryonal type).
2) Malignant kidney tumor in children is very rare except Wilms's tumor. 36 cases (containing our case) of renal cell carcinoma in children under 15 years old in Japan until 1962 are collected, tabulated and reviewed.
3) Spontaneous rupture of a kidney is uncommon and especially it is extremely rare in a kidney tumor. 36 cases (containing our case) of spontaneous rupture of kidney tumor in Japan, Europe and America, are tabulated.
4) In Japan there have been only 3 cases (containing our case) of spontaneous rupture of kidney tumors, and two of them are children's cases.
