Mandibular metastasis of nephroblastoma: a rare case.
Wilms' tumour (nephroblastoma) is a renal tumour that develops in childhood; it is one of the most common malignant tumours in children under 5 years old. Bone metastases are extremely rare in Wilms' tumour. Reported here is a patient who underwent nephrectomy for Wilms' tumour at the age of 2 years and presented with a jawbone mass in her left mandible 9 months later.
Jia
J
J
Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering, Wuhan University, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, PR China. junjia01@hotmail.com <junjia01@hotmail.com>
Chen
X-M
XM
Sun
Z-J
ZJ
Zhang
W-F
WF
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery