title: [Dumbbell nephroblastoma: an uncommon cause of spinal cord compression].
abstract: Rarely children with Wilms' tumor develop spinal cord dysfunction by metastatic spread into the epidural space or the cord parenchyma. In the case reported here, the mechanism of spinal compression was different.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors report the clinical course of a 2-month-old boy with retroperitoneal extrarenal Wilms' tumor below the left kidney, characterized with a spinal cord compression developed through the intervertebral foramina.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Abdominal tumor, usually corresponding to neuroblastoma, may be a nephroblastoma.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie III, CHU de Hautepierre, avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cojean
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Entz-Werle
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eyer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Becmeur
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kehrli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marcellin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Christmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Babin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lutz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000150:complications*