Abstract

Wilms’ tumor is the most common malignant renal tumor of childhood with a majority of them diagnosed before 5 years of age. The incidence of metastases of Wilms’ tumor is approximately 10%. The primary distant site for metastasis is the lung; bone metastasis being extremely rare.Relapses after 5 years of diagnosis is uncommon in Wilms’ tumor and there are very few cases of relapse after 20 years of initial diagnosis. We present here a rare case of a patient who was diagnosed with Wilms’ tumor 17 years ago and now presented with a lung mass.

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