PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Maatman, Thomas
AU  - Kay, Robert
TI  - The benign appearance of Wilms’ tumor
DP  - 1983 Sep 21
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 279--282
VI  - 50
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/50/3/279.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/50/3/279.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1983 Sep 21; 50
AB  - Intrarenal masses in children are uncommon, with Wilms’ tumor the most prevalent of these. Two cases are presented in which the preoperative evaluation of renal masses was highly suggestive of benign disease, renal abscess, and multilocular cyst. Surgical exploration was performed in both patients, and Wilms’ tumor was found and treated successfully with radical nephrectomy. These two cases emphasize the need for surgical exploration to accurately diagnose intrarenal masses in children even when all diagnostic modalities are suggestive, but not confirmatory, of benign disease.