Abstract:Wilms tumor (WT) occurs in 1:10.000 live births and affects mainly the unilateral kidney. The National Wilms Tumor Study Group registered 6832 patients with WT from 1969 to January 1993, out of whom only 11 patients (0.16%) were newborns. Since 1969, 14 cases of prenatal diagnosis of WT have been reported in literature, two of which were bilateral WT. Currently, the patients’ survival rate is greater than 90%, owing to a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy for high-risk patients. We report a… Show more
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