[Bolande tumor in adults: apropos of a case]

Abstract

Bolande's tumour or congenital mesoblastic nephroma is essentially a tumour of infants under the age of one year and is rare in adults, in whom only 10 cases have been described. The authors report the 11th case in a 30-year-old woman, in whom a right renal tumour was discovered during ultrasonography at 34 weeks of pregnancy. Radical nephrectomy was performed after delivery, with a favourable course at 3 years, with no recurrence or metastasis. The aetiopathogenic and diagnostic aspects are discussed, with emphasis on the possibility of a hormonal inducing factor in the histogenesis of this tumour.