Nephroblastoma in Older Adult: Case Report and Review of Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nephroblastoma, or Wilms' tumor, is a malignant renal neoplasm commonly found in children, is extremely rare in adults representing only 0.5% of all renal neoplasms. Adult Wilms tumor is rare, to our knowledge fewer than 300 cases have been reported in the English literature to date. However, in older adults after 60 years of age, only less than 45 cases have been reported. For this reason, treatment guidelines in adults still are lacking. Prognosis in nephroblastoma for adult patients is found to be worse than in children.

Case presentation

We report the case of a 65-year-old female with lumbar fossa mass, flank pain and hematuria, and pathologic diagnosis of Wilms tumor. We performed nephrectomy. No adjuvant treatment was given. Our patient remains asymptomati

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Ferreira R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11324259 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature