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High-Risk Adult Wilms’ Tumour in Pregnancy: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Stephen Kasenda,
Donnie Mategula,
N Chiphangwi,
Luis Gadama,
Masamba Lpl
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
malawi medical journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.43
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1995-7270
pISSN - 1995-7262
DOI - 10.4314/mmj.v31i2.9
Subject(s) - medicine , wilms tumour , pregnancy , wilms' tumor , obstetrics , gynecology , genetics , biology
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.

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