The surgical management of a stage III Wilms tumor presenting with perforated appendicitis
| Autor: | Lance Sieger, Joseph L. Lasky, Steven L. Lee, Andrew Li, Morris J. Asch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Abdominal pain Tumor specific Stage III Wilms tumor Wilms Tumor Article Medicine Appendectomy Humans Neoplasm Staging Perforated Appendicitis business.industry Wilms' tumor Hematology medicine.disease Appendicitis Abdominal mass Kidney Neoplasms Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Abdomen medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology. 34(5) |
| ISSN: | 1536-3678 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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