Wilms' tumor: cure of malignant pleural effusion exclusively with chemotherapy.
A malignant pleural effusion was diagnosed by thoracentesis in a 12-year-old patient with an established diagnosis of Wilms' tumor. He was treated with chemotherapy and achieved a reduction in the size of the primary tumor and resolution of the effusion. The primary tumor was then resected and chemotherapy continued for a total of 18 months. At the request of the parents, radiation therapy to the thorax was withheld. The patient has remained free of disease for the past 8 years.
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University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Pediatrics, Houston 77030, USA.
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D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery