ADULT WILMS' TUMOR
Abstract
Wilms' tumor (nephroblastoma) is a mixed renal tumor composed of metanephric blastema and its stromal and epithelial derivatives at variable stages of differentiation. It is a disease of early childhood and 80% of patients are cured with current therapy (1,2). Wilms' tumor in adults occurs rarely and has a poorer prognosis (3). The adult patients present more often with metastases and patients who present with localized disease, relapse more frequently at follow-up (3). The chemotherapy regimens, which have been successfully used in pediatric patients, are not as effective in the adult patients (3,4,5,6).
We report a case of adult Wilms' tumor in a 60-year-old female patient, studied by IVP, ultrasonography and CT scan.
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