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Query: UMLS:C0018991 (
hemiplegia
)
3,997
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Rhabdoid tumor of the kidney
(
RTK
) is a rare and highly malignant neoplasm of infancy, with a strong tendency for early metastasis to distant regions.
RTK
is unique in its significant association with primary or metastatic brain tumors. The authors report the first case of
RTK
presenting initially with
hemiplegia
. The patient was found thereafter to have
RTK
concurrent with pulmonary metastases, a brain tumor, and a cerebral ischemic lesion. Intensive chemotherapy consisting of carboplatin and etoposide alternating with cyclophosphamide was unsuccessful and the patient died 5 months later because of severe respiratory distress resulting from widespread pulmonary metastases.
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PMID:Rhabdoid tumor of the kidney presenting with hemiplegia: report of a case. 1745 78
