Long-term remission of bilateral Wilms tumors that developed from premature separation of chromatids/mosaic variegated aneuploidy syndrome due to bilateral nephrectomy and peritoneal dialysis

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 Aug;66(8):e27804. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27804. Epub 2019 May 13.

Abstract

We report a 38-month-old Japanese male with premature chromatid separation/mosaic variegated aneuploidy syndrome bearing biallelic BUB1B germline mutations who suffered from bilateral Wilms tumor. After right nephrectomy, dactinomycin monotherapy was administered for the left Wilms tumor; however, severe adverse reaction prevented the patient from receiving further chemotherapy. Left nephrectomy was then performed without postoperative chemotherapy. The patient survived for 15 months after bilateral nephrectomy without peritoneal relapse, metastasis of Wilms tumor, or the occurrence of rhabdomyosarcoma and maintained a good quality of life while receiving peritoneal dialysis at home.

Keywords: PCS/MVA syndrome; bilateral Wilms tumor; bilateral nephrectomy; peritoneal dialysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromatids / pathology*
  • Chromosome Disorders / complications
  • Chromosome Disorders / pathology
  • Chromosome Disorders / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Male
  • Mosaicism
  • Nephrectomy / mortality*
  • Peritoneal Dialysis / mortality*
  • Prognosis
  • Quality of Life
  • Remission Induction
  • Survival Rate
  • Wilms Tumor / complications
  • Wilms Tumor / pathology
  • Wilms Tumor / therapy*

Supplementary concepts

  • Mosaic variegated aneuploidy syndrome