Evolution of Renal Cysts to Anaplastic Sarcoma of Kidney in a Child With DICER1 Syndrome

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Anaplastic sarcoma of kidney (ASK) is a rare neoplasm recently associated with DICER1 mutations. We report a child with germline DICER1 mutation who developed ASK in preexisting septated renal cysts, which were likely cystic nephroma. From age 2.5 to 6 years, sonographic imaging illustrated changes in the size and number of renal cysts, followed at age 8.8 years by a mass, pathologically an ASK. Lung cysts...

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