Rhabdoid tumor of the kidney presenting with hemiplegia: report of a case.
Rhabdoid tumor of the kidney (RTK) is a rare and highly malignant neoplasm of infancy, with a strong tendency for early metastasis to distant regions. RTK is unique in its significant association with primary or metastatic brain tumors. The authors report the first case of RTK presenting initially with hemiplegia. The patient was found thereafter to have RTK concurrent with pulmonary metastases, a brain tumor, and a cerebral ischemic lesion. Intensive chemotherapy consisting of carboplatin and etoposide alternating with cyclophosphamide was unsuccessful and the patient died 5 months later because of severe respiratory distress resulting from widespread pulmonary metastases.
Alavi
Samin
S
Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Rashidi
Armin
A
Khatami
Ali Reza
AR
Arzanian
Mohammad Taghi
MT
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D018335:Rhabdoid Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed