TITLE:
Surgical Treatment of Nephroblastoma in a 4-Year Male Child: A Case Report and Literature Review
AUTHORS:
Alexander Kofi Egote, Samuel Kolonziah Blay, Constance Amuzuah Egote, Cardinal Kofi Newton, Albert Afriyie Akowuah, Emmanuel Nana Bosoma
KEYWORDS:
Nephroblastoma, Wilms Tumour, Nephrectomy, Screening
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.13 No.2,
February
29,
2024
ABSTRACT: Herein we report a patient with nephroblastoma which was successfully removed at the Sunyani Teaching Hospital CJ Oppong theatre in Ghana in sub-Saharan Africa by extended below umbilical incision. Our patient had a family history of Wilms tumour predisposing him to the disease. His main symptoms were haematuria and abdominal mass which was noticed later. Examination and investigation were suggestive of a late-stage unilateral Nephroblastoma resulting in the need for nephrectomy. To reduce the need for such radical surgeries among children at an early stage, there is the need for early screening of children for Wilms tumours especially, those with family predisposition as in our case study. The case report presented here constitutes a rare case of nephroblastoma in the literature.