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Prenatal Wilms’ Tumor

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Renal and Adrenal Tumors

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In the field of oncology, prenatal malignant tumors appear to be a rather unusual phenomenon. The first comprehensive publication describing these astonishing “inborn” tumors was written by Wells [50] who gathered 255 observations. Although this important paper touches a very interesting biologic problem, it has not yet received much interest. Influenced by our own six cases of newborns with neuroblastoma and three newborns with Wilms’ tumors, Bachmann tried — utilizing the cases described in the literature — to crystallize the general trend of this disease by analyzing its course in individuals.

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  1. Röntgendiagnostisches Zentralinstitut, Klinikum der Universität Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, D-4300, Essen, Germany

    Eberhard Löhr

  2. Institut für Pathologie, Klinikum der Universität Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, D-4300, Essen, Germany

    Lutz-Dietrich Leder

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Dominick, H.C., Bachmann, KD. (1987). Prenatal Wilms’ Tumor. In: Löhr, E., Leder, LD. (eds) Renal and Adrenal Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71207-4_12

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