Causes of Wilms' tumor
Wilms' tumor Causes: Book Excerpts
Wilms' tumor as a symptom:
Conditions listing Wilms' tumor
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Hearing Loss – Congenital:
Differential Diagnosis
(In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Infections
–CMV: Most common intrauterine infection
causing hearing loss
–Bacterial meningitis
–Congenital rubella: Cataracts, cardiovascular
anomalies, retinitis, mental retardation
–Congenital syphilis
–Toxoplasmosis
–Lyme disease - Metabolic
–Hyperbilirubinemia (kernicterus): Consider phototherapy or exchange transfusion if serum bilirubin >20 mg/dL in newborn
–Hypercholesterolemia
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Ototoxic medications
–Aminoglycoside, gentamicin often needed for perinatal sepsis; >5 days risks hearing loss
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Temporal bone anomaly
–Middle ear anomaly (results in conductive
hearing loss)
–Perilymphatic fistula
–Dilated vestibular aqueduct (±Mondini
deformity)
–Michel cochlear aplasia
–Scheibe aplasia: Membranous aplasia; bony
labyrinth normal
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Nonsyndromic hereditary congenital deafness (connexin 26 gene mutation is responsible for half of all genetic deafness)
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Syndromic hereditary congenital deafness
–Waardenburg: Telecanthus, confluent eyebrow, colored irides, white forlock
–Usher: Retinitis pigmentosa (totally blind by second to third decade), ataxia, vestibular dysfunction
–Alport: Progressive nephritis and hearing loss
–Apert (acrocephalosyndactyly): Craniofacial dysostosis
–Crouzon (craniofacial dysostosis): Prognathic mandibile, small maxilla
–Jervell and Lange-Neilsen: Heart disease
(prolonged QT interval)
–Pendred: Euthyroid goiter
–Oto-palatal-digital: Cleft palate, stubby
clubbed digits
–Congential aural atresia
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Source: In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms, 2007
Kidney cancer:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
The causes of kidney cancer aren't known, although smokers develop more renal cell tumors than nonsmokers. However, the incidence of this malignancy is rising, possibly as a result of exposure to environmental carcinogens as well as increased longevity. Even so, this cancer accounts for only about 2% of all adult cancers. Kidney cancer is more common in men than women and peaks in incidence between ages 50 and 70.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Kidney cancer:
Causes
(Handbook of Diseases)
The cause of kidney cancer is unknown. However, the incidence of this cancer is rising, possibly as a result of exposure to environmental carcinogens as well as increased longevity. Even so, kidney cancer accounts for only about 2% of all adult cancers. It’s twice as common in men as in women and usually affects patients older than age 40.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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