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Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed > Wilms Tumor
... > Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Female Urogenital Diseases > Urologic Diseases > Kidney Diseases > Kidney Neoplasms > Wilms Tumor
... > Urogenital Diseases > Male Urogenital Diseases > Urologic Diseases > Kidney Diseases > Kidney Neoplasms > Wilms Tumor
... > Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Female Urogenital Diseases > Urologic Diseases > Urologic Neoplasms > Kidney Neoplasms > Wilms Tumor
... > Urogenital Diseases > Male Urogenital Diseases > Urologic Diseases > Urologic Neoplasms > Kidney Neoplasms > Wilms Tumor
... > Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Female Urogenital Diseases > Urogenital Neoplasms > Urologic Neoplasms > Kidney Neoplasms > Wilms Tumor
... > Urogenital Diseases > Male Urogenital Diseases > Urogenital Neoplasms > Urologic Neoplasms > Kidney Neoplasms > Wilms Tumor
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Urogenital Neoplasms > Urologic Neoplasms > Kidney Neoplasms > Wilms Tumor
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary > Wilms Tumor
Neoplasms > Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary > Wilms Tumor

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Wilms Tumor  

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Entry terms

  • Nephroblastoma
  • Nephroblastomas
  • Tumor, Wilms'
  • Wilm's Tumor
  • Wilms' Tumor
  • Wilms Tumor 1
  • Wilm Tumor

Note

  • coordinate IM with KIDNEY NEOPLASMS (IM); /genet: consider also GENES, WILMS TUMOR

Scope note

  • A malignant kidney tumor, caused by the uncontrolled multiplication of renal stem (blastemal), stromal (STROMAL CELLS), and epithelial (EPITHELIAL CELLS) elements. However, not all three are present in every case. Several genes or chromosomal areas have been associated with Wilms tumor which is usually found in childhood as a firm lump in a child's side or ABDOMEN.

History note

  • 2006 (1963)

In other languages

  • Wilmsin kasvain

    Finnish

  • adenomyosarkooma
  • munuaisembryooma
  • munuaisen karsinosarkooma
  • nefroblastooma
  • nephroblastoma
  • Wilms
  • Wilms tumör
  • Wilmsin tuumori
  • Wilms tumör

    Swedish

  • Bilateral Wilms tumör
  • Nefroblastom

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009396

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