title: Preoperative angioembolisation for life-threatening haemorrhage from Wilms' tumour: a case report.
abstract: Wilms' tumour is one of the most common abdominal tumours of childhood. Severe perirenal bleeding resulting in consumptive coagulopathy and colonic obstruction are rare complications of Wilms' tumour. We present a case report of one patient with these two complications, their successful management with preoperative angioembolisation and emergency nephrectomy, and a review of the relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: East London Health Resource Centre, P.O. Box 12882, 5252 Amalinda, East London, South Africa. mrchitnis@mweb.co.za
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chitnis
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chowdhary
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lazarus
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003082:Colectomy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011300:Preoperative Care; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery