Development of anaplastic Wilms tumor and subsequent relapse in a child with diaphanospondylodysostosis

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 Oct;34(7):548-51. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3182465b58.

Abstract

Diaphanospondylodysostosis (DSD) is a rare skeletal dysplasia syndrome resulting from disordered mesenchymal differentiation. Children with DSD generally die in utero or during the first month of life from severe thoracic insufficiency syndrome. An association of DSD with nephroblastomatosis has been observed, but the natural history of such nephroblastomatosis remains poorly characterized due to the rarity of the underlying condition. We describe a patient with DSD who developed bilateral hyperplastic nephroblastomatosis that ultimately evolved into therapy-resistant anaplastic Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma).

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Carrier Proteins / genetics
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dysostoses / complications*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Kidney Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Recurrence
  • Wilms Tumor / drug therapy
  • Wilms Tumor / etiology*

Substances

  • BMPER protein, human
  • Carrier Proteins