Dyspnea, tachycardia, and new onset seizure as a presentatio

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Dyspnea, tachycardia, and new onset seizure as a presentation of Wilms tumor - Case Reports in Emergency Medicine

Oct 4, 2017135 views

Wilms tumor is found in 1 in 10,000 children and most commonly presents in asymptomatic toddlers whose care givers notice a nontender abdominal mass in the right upper quadrant. This case of Wilms tumor presented as a critically ill eleven-year-old with significant tachypnea, dyspnea, vague abdominal pain, intermittent emesis, new onset seizure, metabolic acidosis and hypoxemia. This might be the first case of Wilms Tumor with cavoatrial involvement and seizure and pulmonary embolism resulting in aggressive resuscitation and treatment. Treatment included anticoagulation, chemotherapy, nephrectomy and surgical resection of thrombi, followed by adjunctive chemotherapy with pulmonary radiation...

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