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We report the case of a patient with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) who developed renal cell carcinoma (RCC). At birth, this patient presented with macroglossia, diastasis recti, mild gigantism, hepatomegaly and hypoglycemia, and the diagnosis of BWS was made. At 22 months, an intrapelvic rhabdomyosarcoma was detected and resected. At 37 months, computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a small mass with high attenuation in the right kidney, which was surgically confirmed to be RCC.
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Yamaguchi, T., Fukuda, T., Uetani, M. et al. Renal cell carcinoma in a patient with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Pediatr Radiol 26, 312–314 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395704
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