Case Report
Year: 2021 | Month: March | Volume: 8 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 212-218
A Case Report on Nephroblastoma (Wilms Tumour) with Pulmonary Lobe Metastasis
Asif A Latheef1, Dr. Krishna Kumar Sharma2
1Department Pharmacy Practice, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)
2 Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP), Industrial Area, Hajipur - 844 102, Dist: Vaishali, Bihar, India
Corresponding Author: Asif A Latheef
ABSTRACT
A malignant mixed tumour that includes metanephric blastoma, stromal and epithelial derivatives is a Wilms tumour. There are chromosome 11 WT1 gene mutations and nephro-blastematosis (renal blastema persistence in kidney tissue). [1] The tumour is an epithelial part of the tumour (abortive tubules and glomeruli) surrounded by metanephric blastema and immature stroma of the tumour spindle cell. Possible metastases in bilateral upper, middle & right lobe nodular opacities. [2] The case was diagnosed as Left Kidney Nephroblastoma with pulmonary lobe metastasis, based on clinical tests and biopsy techniques. The possible 4th stage of the Wilms tumour.
Keywords: Wilms tumour, Nephroblastoma, Nephrectomy, Metastasis.
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