Abstract

Purpose: Survivors of childhood Wilms tumor have been followed by large collaborative studies for approximately 31 years. In this time a number of second malignant neoplasms have been documented in these Wilms tumor survivors and they are at higher risk for such development compared with the general population. To our knowledge no renal neoplasms have been previously reported in patients successfully treated for Wilms tumor in childhood.Materials and Methods: We reviewed the cases of 4 adults in whom Wilms tumor was treated in childhood by radical nephrectomy and adjuvant therapy and who presented to our institution with complex cystic or solid renal masses in the contralateral kidney. Parameters, including patient age at Wilms tumor diagnosis, Wilms tumor treatment modalities, age at second malignant neoplasm presentation and resected renal lesion pathology were outlined. A thorough literature review was performed to identify the development of renal malignancies as second malignant neoplasms in survivor...

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