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Renal cell carcinoma in a patient with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

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We report the case of a patient with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) who developed renal cell carcinoma (RCC). At birth, this patient presented with macroglossia, diastasis recti, mild gigantism, hepatomegaly and hypoglycemia, and the diagnosis of BWS was made. At 22 months, an intrapelvic rhabdomyosarcoma was detected and resected. At 37 months, computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a small mass with high attenuation in the right kidney, which was surgically confirmed to be RCC.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, 852, Nagasaki, Japan

    T. Yamaguchi, T. Fukuda, M. Uetani & K. Hayashi

  2. First Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

    N. Kurosaki

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

    H. Maeda & T. Matsumoto

  4. Department of Radiology, Oita Medical College, Oita, Japan

    H. Miyake

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Yamaguchi, T., Fukuda, T., Uetani, M. et al. Renal cell carcinoma in a patient with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Pediatr Radiol 26, 312–314 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395704

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