XERODERMA-PIGMENTOSUM WITH ADULT WILMS-TUMOR - A RARE ASSOCIATION

Authors
VISWESWARA RN OSMAN AR MAJEED SA SHERGHIN AS MUTTARDI MA
Citation
Rn. Visweswara et al., XERODERMA-PIGMENTOSUM WITH ADULT WILMS-TUMOR - A RARE ASSOCIATION, Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology, 31(6), 1997, pp. 569-571
Citations number
10
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365599
Volume
31
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
569 - 571
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5599(1997)31:6<569:XWAW-A>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Xeroderma pigmentosum is an uncommon skin disorder associated with inc reased incidence of skin tumours and, less often, internal malignancie s. Wilms' tumour is a common paediatric tumour, observed rarely in adu lts. Here we report the rare association of Xeroderma pigmentosum with adult Wilms' tumour in two Libyan females. To the best of our knowled ge, this association has not been reported so far in the literature.