The therapeutic strategy for bilateral Wilms tumor (WT) remains a challenge. Especially in cases with chemotherapy resistant
disease, bilateral nephrectomy is sometimes inevitable. For optimal cure rates stage V WT patients benefit from adjuvant treatment;
however, there are limited data available on chemotherapy pharmacokinetics in anephric children. In this report, we describe
a 10-month old girl with bilateral Wilms tumor and a
novel germline
WT1 gene mutation. This patient hardly showed any response on preoperative chemotherapy, and ultimately, underwent sequential
bilateral tumor-nephrectomy. Subsequently, during peritoneal dialysis, she received topotecan as adjuvant chemotherapy based
on plasma levels, indicating that this is a reasonable option as adjuvant treatment in therapy-resistant Wilms tumor patients
after bilateral nephrectomy. This case showed a
novel germline
WT1 gene mutation of which the correlation with resistant phenotype has to be confirmed in larger cohorts of WT patients.
Keywords Bilateral Wilms tumor - Topotecan - Anephric infant - Therapy resistance -
Novel WT1 mutation