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An Astonishing Extrarenal Wilms Localisation; Spinal Cord
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  • Gulnur Tokuc,
  • Nurşah Eker,
  • Burcu Tufan Tas,
  • Süheyla Bozkurt Uyar,
  • Mustafa Sakar,
  • Seda Aras,
  • Kadriye Ebru Akar
Gulnur Tokuc
Marmara University School of Medicine
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Nurşah Eker
Marmara University School of Medicine
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Burcu Tufan Tas
Marmara University Training and Research Hospital

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Süheyla Bozkurt Uyar
Marmara University School of Medicine
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Mustafa Sakar
Marmara University School of Medicine
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Seda Aras
Marmara University School of Medicine
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Kadriye Ebru Akar
Marmara University School of Medicine
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Abstract

Wilms’ tumor is one of the most common childhood solid malignancies, which accounts for almost 95% of renal malignancies in pediatrics, and classically arises from primitive metanephric cells. Exceptionally it may occur at places other than kidneys. The estimated rate of nephroblastoma outside the kidneys is almost 0.5 to 1% of Wilms’ tumor cases. Extrarenal Wilms’ tumor occurs mostly in childhood. In this article, we report a 3-year-old girl who first presented with spinal dysraphism and a mass in the lumbar spinal cord with a histopathological diagnosis of nephrogenic rest, and after one year, a Wilms tumor arose in this location. When extrarenal wilms tumor located in the spine is unlikely to be suspected preoperatively because it is embryologically less intuitive. Thus, we report this case of a congenital Wilms tumor associated with spinal dysraphism to increase awareness and describe this malignant tumor’s clinical outcome.