A report of renal artery embolization for hematuria facilitating neoadjuvant chemotherapy in an unresectable malignant renal rhabdoid tumor

Pediatr Surg Int. 2013 May;29(5):533-5. doi: 10.1007/s00383-013-3260-5. Epub 2013 Jan 24.

Abstract

Malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) of the kidney is a rare pediatric tumor characterized by its aggressive nature and chemoresistance. Our patient had MRT of the right kidney with tumor thrombus in the renal vein, inferior vena cava, and right atrium. He developed transfusion-resistant hematuria. This was successfully controlled with right renal artery embolization allowing completion of his neoadjuvant chemotherapy. He then underwent complete resection of the tumor and thrombus avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Child
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Hematuria / etiology
  • Hematuria / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Nephrectomy
  • Renal Artery*
  • Rhabdoid Tumor / drug therapy*
  • Rhabdoid Tumor / pathology
  • Rhabdoid Tumor / surgery