High-risk adult wilms’ tumour in pregnancy: A case report: A case report

Stephen Kasenda, Donnie Mategula, Noel Chiphangwi, Luis Aaron Gadama, Leo Masamba

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Abstract

Wilms’ tumour is the most common renal neoplasm in children with an incidence of 10 cases per 1 million children and a median age at diagnosis of 3.5 years. In Western countries its occurrence in adults is 0.2 cases per million people in western countries and carries a poorer prognosis. The co-existence of Adult Wilms’ tumour and pregnancy is extremely rare with less than 20 cases published in the English literature. We present a case of a Malawian woman who had progressive high-risk metastatic Adult Wilms’ tumour in pregnancy after nephrectomy, radiotherapy and two lines of chemotherapy.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)155-158
Number of pages4
JournalMalawi Medical Journal
Volume31
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2019

Keywords

  • Africa
  • Antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols
  • Incidence
  • Kidney
  • Kidney neoplasms
  • Malawi
  • Pregnancy
  • Wilms’ tumour

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