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1: Hinyokika Kiyo. 1989 Jul;35(7):1173-7.Links

[A case report of adult Wilms' tumor]

[Article in Japanese]

Sugimura Y, Yanagawa M, Tochigi H, Sakurai M, Hioki T, Hayashi N, Tajima K, Kawamura J.

Department of Urology, Mie University School of Medicine.

A 49-year-old women who presented with right upper abdominal mass and back pain had a nephroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, in the right kidney. After radical nephrectomy the patient was treated with chemotherapy in the form of actinomycin D and vincristine. Despite the intensive chemotherapy, the patient died of respiratory failure by multiple metastasis at chest wall and lung. The pathology and treatment of adult Wilms' tumor were discussed.

PMID: 2552780 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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