A Case of Wilms Tumor in a Primary Adrenal Mature Teratoma
Arwa Alahdal,
Manal Bahkali,
Noran M Abu-Ouf
et al.
Abstract:We report the first known case of an adrenal teratoma containing a Wilms tumor component, in a 12-month-old girl with Trisomy 21. Despite adrenal teratomas being relatively uncommon, this particular instance raises interesting questions regarding the tumor origin, given the coexistence of both a teratoma and a Wilms tumor. Two main theories of development have been hypothesized, one of which suggests that the Wilms tumor may develop from a primary teratoma and the other proposing that the teratoma could origin… Show more
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