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β–HCG Elevation in Wilms Tumor: An Uncommon Presentation |
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| Authors: | Aditya Kumar Gupta MD FNB FIAP Amanda Charlton MBBS FRCPA Kristina Prelog MBBS FRANZCR Stewart J Kellie MBBS FRACP MD MIntPH |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Oncology, Children's Cancer Centre, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia;2. Department of Histopathology, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia;3. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia;4. Discipline of Child Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Abstract: | Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma) is a readily diagnosed common abdominal tumor in children. Rarely, it may present with factors that may confound the diagnosis. We report a 6‐year‐old female child who presented with a rapidly growing and invasive abdominal mass with the histopathologic features of Wilms tumor associated with an elevated serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin, which has not been previously reported in this condition. |
| Keywords: | β ‐HCG nephroblastoma tumor marker Wilms tumor |