Kasenda S, Mategula D, Chiphangwi N, Gadama LA, Masamba LPL. High-Risk Adult Wilms' Tumour in Pregnancy: A Case Report.
Malawi Med J 2019;
31:155-158. [PMID:
31452850 PMCID:
PMC6698624 DOI:
10.4314/mmj.v31i2.9]
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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.
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