Nephroblastoma

Introduction: Nephroblastoma

Description of Nephroblastoma

Nephroblastoma (medical condition): A malignant tumor of the kidney that occurs predominantly in children less than 5 years old. It is the most common kidney cancer in children. Wilms' tumor usually only occurs in one kidney. Roughly 500 new cases are ...more

Nephroblastoma: See also:

Wilms' tumor:
  »Introduction: Wilms' tumor
  »Symptoms of Wilms' tumor
  »Treatments for Wilms' tumor

Nephroblastoma: SYN: Wilms tumor.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Nephroblastoma: malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Nephroblastoma: An embryonal pediatric tumor of the kidney which may also be seen rarely in adults. The peak incidence of Wilms tumor is between the second and fifth year of life. Microscopically, it is composed of a mixture of cellular elements (blastemal, stromal, and epithelial). The most common sites of metastasis include the regional lymph nodes, lungs, and liver. -- 2004
Source: Diseases Database

Nephroblastoma: malignant kidney tumor made up of three cell types: blastemal, stromal, and epithelial, but not all present in every case.
Source: CRISP

Nephroblastoma: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Nephroblastoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Nephroblastoma, or a subtype of Nephroblastoma, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Nephroblastoma as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Nephroblastoma as a Disease

Nephroblastoma: Another name for Wilms' tumor (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Wilms' tumor
  »Symptoms of Wilms' tumor
  »Treatments for Wilms' tumor

Nephroblastoma: Related Diseases

Nephroblastoma: Nephroblastoma is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Kidney Cancer
• Cancer
• Kidney conditions

Symptoms of Nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumor)

Some of the symptoms of Nephroblastoma incude:

• Abdominal mass
• Abdominal swelling
• Fever
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea

See full list of 29 symptoms of Nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumor)

Treatments for Nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumor)

Treatments for Nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumor) include:

• Hospitalization
• Surgery
• Surgical kidney removal - especially if only one kidney affected.
• Chemotherapy
• Radiotherapy

Read more about treatments for Nephroblastoma

Treatment of Nephroblastoma: For more treatment information about Nephroblastoma, see treatment of Wilms' tumor (Nephroblastoma)

Terms associated with Nephroblastoma:

Terms Similar to Nephroblastoma:

• Wilms' tumour

Source: Diseases Database

• WT1
• Wilms' tumor
• Bilateral Wilms tumor

Source - NIH

• Wilms' tumor
• Wilms tumour
• adenomyosarcoma
• embryoma of the kidney

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Nephroblastoma:

• Wilms' tumor

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Nephroblastoma

• kidney neoplasm
• sarcoma

Source - CRISP

• sarcoma

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Nephroblastoma

The following list attempts to classify Nephroblastoma into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• sarcoma
• cancer,malignant neoplastic disease
• malignant neoplasm,malignant tumor,metastatic tumor
• neoplasm,tumor,tumour
• growth
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

External links related to: Nephroblastoma

• Wilms' tumour (www.whonamedit.com)
• OMIM - WILMS TUMOR 1 GENE; WT1
• eMedicine - Wilms Tumor : Article by Endre Z Neulander, MD
• GeneReviews: Wilms Tumor Overview
• OMIM - WILMS TUMOR 1; WT1
• eMedicine - Wilms Tumor : Article by Arnold C Paulino, MD
• Bilateral Wilms' Tumor - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• National Cancer Institute - Wilms' Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors
• Wilms tumor

Source: Diseases Database

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