title: The surgical management of a stage III Wilms tumor presenting with perforated appendicitis.
abstract: The majority of the cases of nephroblastoma do not present with abdominal pain. We present a patient with an acute surgical abdomen due to perforated appendicitis and an incidental abdominal mass. He underwent an urgent appendectomy after which tumor specific therapy was successfully initiated.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Morris
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asch
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lasky
authors.forename: Lance
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sieger
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*