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Wilms tumor


nephroblastoma
  • 3rd most common kiddie tumor (most common abd tumor)
  • arises from embryonal renal tissue (nephroblastomatosis)
  • large
  • only 10% are calcified
  • 4-10% bilateral
  • mets --> lungs, para-aortic nodes

associated with: Cf: neuroblastoma (more likely calcified)


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
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neuroblastoma

 

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