SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF A SOLITARY SKULL METASTASIS IN A CHILD WITH WILMS' TUMOR

Lucas A McDuffie; Robert J Fallon; Terry A Vik; Deborah F Billmire

doi:10.1016/j.epsc.2016.10.005

SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF A SOLITARY SKULL METASTASIS IN A CHILD WITH WILMS' TUMOR

J Pediatr Surg Case Rep. 2017 Jul:22:47-49. doi: 10.1016/j.epsc.2016.10.005. Epub 2016 Oct 12.

Authors

Lucas A McDuffie¹, Robert J Fallon², Terry A Vik², Deborah F Billmire³

Affiliations

¹ Thoracic and Gastrointestinal Oncology Branch and Immunotherapy Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
² Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, 705 Riley Hospital Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202.
³ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, 705 Riley Hospital Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202.

Abstract

This report presents the successful treatment of a child with a solitary metastatic lesion to the calvarium following treatment for Stage III anaplastic Wilms' Tumor.

Keywords: Wilms’ Tumor; metastatic; nephroblastoma; recurrence; skull metastasis.

Grants and funding

Z99 CA999999/Intramural NIH HHS/United States