Nonvisualization of the intravenous pyelogram--a poor prognostic sign in Wilms' tumor?
In a series of 49 consecutive cases of Wilms' tumor from a single institution, there was a 20% incidence of nonvisualization on the initial intravenous pyelogram. Even though nonvisualization was secondary to either gross or microscopic invasion of the renal vein or renal pelvis, this did not forecast a grim progosis. Seven of the nine patients with nonvisualization are presently alive and tumor-free at least 5 yr after resection. The only two deaths in this particular group were unrelated to the Wilms' tumor.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D014567:Urography; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*