Wilms' Tumor Associated with Moyamoya Disease: A Case Report
Yasuhiro Watanabe, Takuji Todani, Tadashi Fujii, Akira Toki, Sadashige Uemura,
Yoshinobu Koike
Z Kinderchir 40: 114-116, 1985
A high incidence of congenital malformations with Wilms'
tumor had been recognized lately. Aniridia, hemihypertrophy, chromosome
deletion, urinary tract anomalies, and Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome have
often been observed in patients with Wilms' tumor. However, Wilms' tumor
associated with Moyamoya disease, which refers to a stenosis of the distal
portion of the carotid artery with an abnormal network in the brain base,
has never been reported. In this report, a male child aged 28 mo. with Wilms'
tumor associated with Moyamoya disease is. presented.
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