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Case of the Day
Case of the Day
An 18 month old boy was brought with abdominal distension since three weeks
An 18 month old boy was brought with abdominal distension since three weeks
The CT scan of the abdomen shows a large, well-defined, heterogeneously enhancing exophytic mass arising from the lower pole of the left kidney. It shows the "claw sign". The lesion measures approximately 8.7 × 7.5 × 10 cm and contains few cystic areas with vascularity. No fat or calcification is notedIn the lesion. The lesion does not cross the midline. A similar, smaller exophytic lesion is also arises from the lower pole of the right kidney, measuring approximately 2 cm in diameter. Oh.
The CT scan of the abdomen shows a large, well-defined, heterogeneously enhancing exophytic mass arising from the lower pole of the left kidney. It shows the "claw sign". The lesion measures approximately 8.7 × 7.5 × 10 cm and contains few cystic areas with vascularity. No fat or calcification is notedIn the lesion. The lesion does not cross the midline. A similar, smaller exophytic lesion is also arises from the lower pole of the right kidney, measuring approximately 2 cm in diameter. Oh.
Wilms tumor is named after the German surgeon Max Wilms (1867–1918). He is credited with providing the first comprehensive medical description of the disease in 1899.
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