Abstract

A rare cause of neonatal hypertension: Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma (CMN) is a rare renal tumor in childhood and has been reported with palpable abdominal mass, hypertension, hematuria, polyuria and hypercalcemia. Histopathologically it has been classified into two histological types: classic and cellular. We present a 32-week gestation infant and his histopathology reports of cellular CMN presented with refractory hypertension.

Keywords: hypertension, mesoblastic nephroma, newborn

How to cite

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Soyaltın E, Alaygut D, Alparslan C, et al. A rare cause of neonatal hypertension: Congenital mesoblastic nephroma. Turk J Pediatr 2018; 60: 198-200. https://doi.org/10.24953/turkjped.2018.02.014