RENAL-CELL CARCINOMA IN ADOLESCENTS

Renal cell carcinoma is rare in adolescents. Observation of a 16-year- old girl with a clear-cell renal carcinoma prompted us to review 372 p ublished cases in adolescents. The tumor affects the sexes indifferent ly and has no side predominance. The incidence is higher in white race s. The most frequent presenting sign is a palpable mass (52.7%). X-ray films typically show renal calcifications (25%). The most common hist otype is the clear cell carcinoma (76.8%) and at diagnosis 59.5% of th ese tumors already extend beyond the kidney, The overall 5-year actuar ial survival rate is 60.4%.