Zarfati Angelo, Martucci Cristina, Crocoli Alessandro, Serra Annalisa, Persano Giorgio, Inserra Alessandro
General Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Department of Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Front Pediatr. 2023 Feb 28;11:1083168. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1083168. eCollection 2023.
The second most common abdominal tumor in children is Wilms' tumor, and the lung is where it most often metastasizes. The typical metastases are multiple, peripherally located, round, and variable-sized nodules. Atypical patterns are also possible and may create diagnostic challenges, especially in patients treated with chemotherapy. Among these, cavitating metastases are an anecdotal type of atypical secondary lung lesions. Here, we report a case of a chemotherapy-induced cavitating Wilms' tumor pulmonary metastasis discovered during the follow-up for an anaplastic nephroblastoma in a 6-year-old girl. Furthermore, we conducted a review of the existing literature on this exceedingly rare radiological pattern to establish its best management.
儿童第二常见的腹部肿瘤是肾母细胞瘤,其最常转移至肺部。典型的转移灶为多发、位于周边、圆形且大小不一的结节。非典型表现也有可能出现,这可能带来诊断挑战,尤其是在接受化疗的患者中。其中,空洞性转移是一种罕见的非典型继发性肺病变类型。在此,我们报告一例6岁女孩间变性肾母细胞瘤随访期间发现的化疗诱导的肾母细胞瘤肺空洞性转移病例。此外,我们对关于这种极其罕见的放射学表现的现有文献进行了综述,以确定其最佳治疗方法。