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Hypernephroma in a Three-Year-Old Negro Boy FREE

Saburo Hara, MD; David V. Bradley, MD; Helena P. Brown, MD; E. Perry Crump, MD
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Received for publication Sept 29, 1967.

Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn 37208 (Dr. Crump).


Am J Dis Child. 1968;116(5):559-562. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1968.02100020563023.
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HYPERNEPHROMA of the kidney in children is a true rarity, and was first described by Grawitz in 1883.1 It has been thought to be a renal tumor of adults originating from aberrant adrenal tissue in the kidney. This neoplasm is so seldom seen in children that some investigators2-4 believe that it is not a true carcinoma of the kidney when found in this age group. Others5,6 believe that it may originate from renal tubular epithelium.

We have observed hypernephroma at G. W. Hubbard Hospital in a 3-year-old Negro boy who underwent a right nephrectomy, and who has had no evidence of metastasis or recurrence during a 50-month follow-up period.

Report of a Case  A 3-year-old Negro boy was admitted to the pediatric inpatient service on May 17, 1964, with a chief complaint of "passing blood in his urine." According to his grandmother, the child had fallen from

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Grawitz, cited by Aviel, I.M., and Pack, G.T.: Cancer and Allied Diseases of Infancy and Childhood , Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1960;, p 181.
Campbell, M.F.: Clinical Pediatric Urology , Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1951;, p 710.
Ladd, W.E., and Gross, R.E.: Abdominal Surgery of Infancy and Childhood , Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1941;, p 411.
Potter, E.L.: Pathology of the Fetus and the Newborn , Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., 1953;, p 167.
Geschickter, C.F., and Widerchom, H.:  Nephrogenic Tumors , Amer J Cancer 22:620-668 ( (Nov) ) 1934;.
Ackerman, L.V., and Del Regato, J.A.: Cancer: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis , St. Louis: C. V. Mosby & Co., 1947;. p 700.
Cresson, S.L., and Pilling, G.P.:  Renal Tumor , Pediat Clin N Amer 6:473-490 ( (May) ) 1959;.
Hempstead, R.H., et al:  Hypernephroma in Children . J Urol 70:152-158 ( (Aug) ) 1953;.
Scotti, D.W.:  Malignancies in Infancy and Childhood , New York J Med 39:1188-1208 ( (June) ) 1939;.
Johnson, S.H., III, and Marshall, M., Jr.:  Primary Kidney Tumors of Childhood , J Urol 74:707-720 ( (Dec) ) 1955;.
Carlson, H.E.:  Hypernephroma in Children , Transactions of the Southcentral Section of the American Urology Association , 1955;, p 9.
Hogan, J.F., Jr., and Simons, D.E., Jr.:  Renal Cell Adenocarcinoma in a 5-Year-Old Girl , J Urol 78:212-215 ( (Sept) ) 1957;.
Campbell, M.F.: Principles of Urology , Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1957;, p 451.
Bell, E.T.: Renal Diseases , Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, Publishers, 1946;, p 420.
Clinton-Thomas, C.L., and Robinson, T.M.:  Adenocarcinoma of the Kidney in Childhood: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature , Brit J Urol 28:132-136 ( (June) ) 1956;.

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Grawitz, cited by Aviel, I.M., and Pack, G.T.: Cancer and Allied Diseases of Infancy and Childhood , Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1960;, p 181.
Campbell, M.F.: Clinical Pediatric Urology , Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1951;, p 710.
Ladd, W.E., and Gross, R.E.: Abdominal Surgery of Infancy and Childhood , Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1941;, p 411.
Potter, E.L.: Pathology of the Fetus and the Newborn , Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., 1953;, p 167.
Geschickter, C.F., and Widerchom, H.:  Nephrogenic Tumors , Amer J Cancer 22:620-668 ( (Nov) ) 1934;.
Ackerman, L.V., and Del Regato, J.A.: Cancer: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis , St. Louis: C. V. Mosby & Co., 1947;. p 700.
Cresson, S.L., and Pilling, G.P.:  Renal Tumor , Pediat Clin N Amer 6:473-490 ( (May) ) 1959;.
Hempstead, R.H., et al:  Hypernephroma in Children . J Urol 70:152-158 ( (Aug) ) 1953;.
Scotti, D.W.:  Malignancies in Infancy and Childhood , New York J Med 39:1188-1208 ( (June) ) 1939;.
Johnson, S.H., III, and Marshall, M., Jr.:  Primary Kidney Tumors of Childhood , J Urol 74:707-720 ( (Dec) ) 1955;.
Carlson, H.E.:  Hypernephroma in Children , Transactions of the Southcentral Section of the American Urology Association , 1955;, p 9.
Hogan, J.F., Jr., and Simons, D.E., Jr.:  Renal Cell Adenocarcinoma in a 5-Year-Old Girl , J Urol 78:212-215 ( (Sept) ) 1957;.
Campbell, M.F.: Principles of Urology , Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1957;, p 451.
Bell, E.T.: Renal Diseases , Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, Publishers, 1946;, p 420.
Clinton-Thomas, C.L., and Robinson, T.M.:  Adenocarcinoma of the Kidney in Childhood: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature , Brit J Urol 28:132-136 ( (June) ) 1956;.

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