[Adult Wilms' tumor: a case report].
We present a case report of adult Wilms' tumor and reviewed from 1981. A 22-year-old woman with chief complaints of gross hematuria and right backache was introduced to our hospital in March 1998. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed a solitary irregular mass (5.0 cm) at the lower pole of right kidney with no contrast medium enhancement. Angiography showed a hypovascular character, but irregular vascularization was found in the tumor. We performed a radical nephrectomy with a preoperative diagnosis of malignant renal tumor. Finally, adult Wilms' tumor (epithelial type) was diagnosed by pathological examination. We retrospectively studied the clinical and radiological features in 16 reported cases of adult Wilms' tumor from 1981. The average age was distinctly younger than that of renal cell carcinoma. Nearly half of the cases were at an advanced clinical stage (direct invasion or metastasis to other organs) at first consultation. Radiologically, Wilms' tumor tends to be visualized as a low density mass in the precontrast CT scan (75.0%) and hypovascular tumor by selective angiography (84.6%). Although this is not a definitive character to distinguish adult Wilms' tumor from renal cell carcinoma, it may be useful information for differential diagnosis.
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology