[Nephroblastoma with symptomatic neuronal differentiation]

We report the anatomoclinical analysis of a child with a renal tumor: the preoperative diagnosis was neuroblastoma, because of elevated dopamine urinary excretion and positive MIBG scintigraphy. The histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis revealed a prominent neural differentiation in a multicystic nephroblastoma. This observation recalls the Masson's proposed neuroectodermal histogenesis of Wilms tumor; however the currently accepted metanephrogenic blastematous origin is not reconsidered. This is the first case of nephroblastoma with a neural differentiation detectable otherwise from by pathological analysis.