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  • 6-month-old male child who presented with an abdominal mass and hematuria for 2 months in th surgical OPD.CT abdomen suggested Neoplastic lesion of the kidney.-Rhabdoid tumor Kidney

Gross specimen show grey black variegated renal mass destroying the renal parenchyma

H&E stained sections show atypical rhabdoid cells on 40X

DISCUSSION

  • The most aggressive renal tumor of young age.
  • Highly malignant undifferentiated tumor composed of noncohesive cells with large, eccentric nuclei, prominent nucleoli and intracytoplasmic inclusions; characterized by loss of INI1 immunostaining and SMARCB1genetic abnormalities (in ~95% of cases).
  • The majority (~95%) of rhabdoid tumors of kidney have genetic changes resulting in the loss of function of SMARCB1, a tumor suppressor gene encoding BAF47 (INI1), which is a core member of the BAF chromatin remodeling complex
  • No established standard treatment.
  • Most patients are treated with intensive multimodal regimens; surgical resection, intensive multidrug chemotherapy regimens and local radiotherapy or high dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell rescue