SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF A SOLITARY SKULL METASTASIS IN A CHILD WITH WILMS' TUMOR.

J Pediatr Surg Case Rep

Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, 705 Riley Hospital Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202.

Published: July 2017

This report presents the successful treatment of a child with a solitary metastatic lesion to the calvarium following treatment for Stage III anaplastic Wilms' Tumor.

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