Pediatric Primary Yolk Sac Tumour of the Kidney: Recommendations for Pretreatment Diagnosis

Conclusion: Renal YST may be indistinguishable from Wilms tumor clinically and radiologically. For pre-biopsy chemotherapy management protocols, serum tumor markers such as AFP may be recommended to identify the occasional GCT, including YST. Pre-chemotherapy needle biopsies may lead to misdiagnosis, and may require confirmation by an experienced pathologist or central review.PMID:35188860 | DOI:10.1080/15513815.2022.2042631

Source: Fetal and Pediatric Pathology - February 21, 2022 Category: Pathology Authors: Shilpi Thakur Aanchal Kakkar Manisha Jana Prasenjit Das Sandeep P Agarwala Venkateswaran K Iyer Source Type: research