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Pulmonary metastases after nephrectomy only for small, stage I/favorable-histology Wilms’ tumor

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The prognosis for children with Wilms’ tumor is reported to be excellent in those who are less than 2 years of age at diagnosis and who have a stage I/favorable-histology tumor with specimen weight less than 550 g. We report on a patient with Wilms’ tumor who belonged to this group but who developed pulmonary metastases, and we discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic problems in such patients. The importance of careful evaluation of the renal sinus should be emphasized.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are deeply grateful to Dr. C. Ogawa, Department of Pediatrics, Gunma University School of Medicine, for her special care of the patient in her final stage.

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  1. Division of Hematology/Oncology, Gunma Children’s Medical Center, 779 Shimohakoda, Hokkitsu, Seta-gun, Gunma, 377-8577, Japan

    Toshiji Shitara & Akira Shimada

  2. Division of Surgery, Gunma Children’s Medical Center, 779 Shimohakoda, Hokkitsu, Seta-gun, Gunma, 377-8577, Japan

    Yoshiaki Tsuchida, Hideaki Murai, Norio Suzuki & Minoru Kuroiwa

  3. Division of Pathology, Gunma Children’s Medical Center, 779 Shimohakoda, Hokkitsu, Seta-gun, Gunma, 377-8577, Japan

    Junko Hirato

  4. Radgenomics Project, Frontier Research Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba City, Chiba, 263-8555, Japan

    Mayumi Iwakawa

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Shitara, T., Tsuchida, Y., Hirato, J. et al. Pulmonary metastases after nephrectomy only for small, stage I/favorable-histology Wilms’ tumor. Ped Surgery Int 21, 470–473 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-005-1418-5

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