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Intrarenal Pelvic Nephroblastoma in a Meerkat ( Suricata Suricatta )

2005; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 17; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/104063870501700621

1943-4936

Bhanu Singh, Janet C. Patterson‐Kane, Sharon Redrobe, Jennifer Chapman,

Renal cell carcinoma treatment

Nephroblastoma is the most common primary renal tumor in children and has also been reported in domestic and nondomestic animal species. Intrapelvic renal nephroblastoma is a rare variant of this tumor type in human patients. Postmortem examination of a captive meerkat ( Suricata suricatta), which was found dead, revealed enlargement of the pelvis of the left kidney by a tumor mass. Gross, histological, and immunohistochemical findings were consistent with a diagnosis of triphasic intrapelvic renal nephroblastoma. This is the first reported spontaneous case of intrapelvic renal nephroblastoma in a nonhuman species.