Recurrent Monophasic Wilms‘ Tumor in Pelvic Kidney – A Therapeutic Challenge

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  • Yogesh Kumar Sarin
  • Prince Raj
چکیده

Wilms' tumor in the current era of multimodality treatment has promising outcome, but approximately 10-15% of the patients with favorable-histology, experience tumor progression or relapse. We hereby present an unusual case of repeated loco-regional recurrences in a patient with stage I intermediate-risk monophasic (epithelial variant) Wilms' tumor (WT) of pelvic kidney requiring aggressive therapy over a decade and lay emphasis on the importance of initial completion of therapy and need for long term follow-up.

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دوره 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015