brain metastasis in wilms' tumor: a case report

Authors

khadijeh arjmandi department of pediatric hematology and oncology, ali-asghar hospital, tehran, iran . and department of pathology, ali-asghar hospital, tehran, iran.

tahereh rostami department of pediatric hematology and oncology, ali-asghar hospital, tehran, iran . and department of pathology, ali-asghar hospital, tehran, iran.

saeed yusefian department of pediatric hematology and oncology, ali-asghar hospital, tehran, iran . and department of pathology, ali-asghar hospital, tehran, iran.

ghasem miri-aliabad children and adolescent health research center, zahedan university of medical sciences, zahedan, iran.

abstract

wilms’ tumor is the most common abdominal tumor of childhood, and its cerebral metastasis is apparently very rare. the authors report an 18-month-old girl with wilms’ tumor and brain metastasis.

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acta medica iranica

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