Intrarenal teratoma within a horseshoe kidney—A case report

Abstract

Teratomas commonly occur within ovaries, sacrococcygeal regions, testis, mediastinum, and intracranial regions. One of the rare sites for this tumor includes kidneys. Renal anomalies such as horseshoe kidneys with teratoma are one of the extremely rare presentations. The authors present a case of a large teratoma within a horseshoe kidney in an 8-year-old girl whose main clinical manifestation was abdominal distension. Intrarenal teratoma within horseshoe kidneys is a rare and interesting clinical entity that would require an appropriate therapeutic approach to salvage the kidneys and remove the mass.

Renal immature teratoma: A rare entity; A case report and literature review

“…The current effective mode of therapy for pure immature teratoma is surgical excision with a 3-year event-free survival rate of >85% 3 …”

“…Since its first description by McCurdy in 1934 2 to dateless than 30 cases of teratomas of kidney have been reported in the literature. 3 …”

Unusual renal tumor in an infant

“…3 Thirty cases of renal teratoma have been reported. 4 Recently we came across an unusual renal tumor which we are describing.…”