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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 155-158 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Malawi Medical Journal |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2019 |
Keywords
- Africa
- Antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols
- Incidence
- Kidney
- Kidney neoplasms
- Malawi
- Pregnancy
- Wilms’ tumour