title: Sudden death due to pulmonary embolism as presenting symptom of renal tumors.
abstract: In 4-6% of patients with renal tumors in children intravascular infiltration is found. Tumor emboli are even rarer, and sudden death as presenting symptom has only been described at presentation in Wilms tumor (WT) in six cases so far. This report describes two recent cases of sudden death in patients with renal tumors in which a fatal pulmonary embolus was the first presentation.
authors: Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, ErasmusMC Sophia Children's Hospital, Dr Molewaterplein 60, 3015 GJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands. m.vandenheuvel@erasmusmc.nl
authors: M M
authors: MM
authors: van den Heuvel-Eibrink
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Lankhorst
authors: R M
authors: RM
authors: Egeler
authors: L J A
authors: LJ
authors: Corel
authors: W J W
authors: WJ
authors: Kollen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology