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mesoblastic nephroma

Variants

- cellular mesoblastic nephroma
- cystic mesoblastic nephroma (1332189)
- myoid differentiation (12149722)

Cytogneetics

- trisomy 11 (17639583)
- translocation t(12-15)(p13;q25) creating ETV6/NTRK3 gene fusion in cellular mesoblastic nephroma

Molecular biology

- elevated expression levels of IGF2 mRNA in congenital mesoblastic nephroma of the cellular or mixed type with trisomy 11 (17639583)

- ETV6/NTRK3 gene fusion by t(12-15)(p13;q25) in cellular mesoblastic nephroma

Evolution

- rare metatstasis (8385324)

See also

- Tumors

References

- Watanabe N, Haruta M, Soejima H, Fukushi D, Yokomori K, Nakadate H, Okita H, Hata JI, Fukuzawa M, Kaneko Y. Duplication of the paternal IGF2 allele in trisomy 11 and elevated expression levels of IGF2 mRNA in congenital mesoblastic nephroma of the cellular or mixed type. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2007 Oct;46(10):929-35. PMID: 17639583

- Vujanic GM, Delemarre JF, Moeslichan S, Lam J, Harms D, Sandstedt B, Voute PA. Mesoblastic nephroma metastatic to the lungs and heart?another face of this peculiar lesion: case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Pathol. 1993 Mar-Apr;13(2):143-53. PMID: 8385324

- Vujanic GM. Congenital cystic mesoblastic nephroma: a rare cystic renal tumour of childhood. Case report. Scand J Urol Nephrol. 1992;26(3):315-7. PMID: 1332189