Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney in a child with Fanconi anemia.

Pediatr Dev Pathol

1  Division of Pediatric Pathology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Published: October 2014

Patients with Fanconi anemia subgroup D1, attributable to biallelic mutations in BRCA2, have an increased risk of solid tumors. Tumors in the kidneys of these patients are almost exclusively Wilms tumor. We report the first recorded case, to our knowledge, of a Clear Cell Sarcoma of the Kidney in a patient with this cancer predisposition syndrome. We review different aspects of the need for careful clinical observation in patients of this complementation group, given their risk for malignancy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2350/14-03-1450-CR.1DOI Listing

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