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. 2016 Mar 31;7(4):575–580. doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2016.03.007

Table 1.

Clinical and histopathological features of cases diagnosed with RCC during pregnancy.

No. %
Maternal age at diagnosis (21–52)y



Pathology
Adenocarcinoma 89 84
Chromophobic 3 2.8
Nephroblastoma 8 7.7
Othersa 6 5.7



Stage at diagnosis
Localized 103 98.7
Metastatic 2b 1.3



Gestational age at diagnosis
First trimester 6 5.7
Second trimester 11 9.6
Third trimester 3 2.7
Not reported 85 82



Timing of surgery
Before labor 13 12.5
Spontaneously with labor 2 2.7%
After labor 4
Termination of pregnancy 2
a

Other histopathological types include the following: two cases with Angiosarcoma, one case with Carcinoid, one with capsular osteoadenocarcinoma, one with Renal pelvis carcinoma and one with lymphoma.

b

One case diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma 4 years before gestation, presented during pregnancy with rapid increase in size of previously existed metastases.