Adult Wilms' tumor

Adult Nephroblastoma (Wilms Tumor): A Case Report

Nephroblastoma (Wilms tumor) is the most common primary malignant renal tumor in children. Rarely, it may present in the adult age group. This is a case report of a diagnosed case of a 29-yearold female presenting with right-sided flank pain and hematuria. Abdominal sonogram revealed a right renal mass measuring 1.55 × 1.88 × 1.62 cm on the lower pole of the right kidney. CT scan showed a 2.1 ×...

Adult Wilms' tumor: review of literature.

BACKGROUND The most common renal tumors in adults is renal cell carcinoma. Wilms' tumor in subjects older than 16 years is rare; only 3% of Wilms' tumors are reported in adults, which explain the difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of this tumor entity in this age group. METHODS Patient with stage IV adult nephroblastoma with favorable histology was described, current treatment modalities...

Adult Wilms’ tumor – diagnosis and current therapy

INTRODUCTION Wilms' tumour is one of the commonest malignant tumours of childhood. It appears mainly in the first 5 years of life. Incidental examples of nephroblastoma in adults have been described in literature (about 3% of all described cases). There are diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in that older age group. The preoperative diagnosis of nephroblastoma in adults is difficult becaus...

MiR-21 Expression in Wilms’ Tumor

Background and Objective: Wilms’ tumor (WT) is the most common genitourinary tract tumor in children. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs; their role in the pathogenesis of many types of human cancers has been identified. We aimed to evaluate the expression of miR-21, a well-known oncomir, in WT tissue samples which is a very common urinary tract malignancy in children...

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