Antenatal detection of an isolated abdominal cyst was found to be a pancreatoblastoma in a female fetus with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Prenatal and post-natal features and management of this very rare tumour are discussed. Molecular investigation disclosed a mosaic paternal I I p 15 uniparental disomy in the tumoral cells. The prognosis of a congenital pancreatoblastoma is good if complete surgical excision is achieved. However, the association with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome requires a prolonged follow-up because of the increased risk of developing malignant tumours.

Antenatal manifestation of congenital pancreatoblastoma in a fetus with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome / G. Pelizzo, G. Conoscenti, D. Kalache Karim, F. Vesce, P. Guerrini, L. Cavazzini. - In: PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS. - ISSN 0197-3851. - 23:4(2003), pp. 292-294.

Antenatal manifestation of congenital pancreatoblastoma in a fetus with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

G. Pelizzo;
2003

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Antenatal detection of an isolated abdominal cyst was found to be a pancreatoblastoma in a female fetus with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Prenatal and post-natal features and management of this very rare tumour are discussed. Molecular investigation disclosed a mosaic paternal I I p 15 uniparental disomy in the tumoral cells. The prognosis of a congenital pancreatoblastoma is good if complete surgical excision is achieved. However, the association with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome requires a prolonged follow-up because of the increased risk of developing malignant tumours.
pancreatoblastoma; Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome; ultrasonography; prenatal diagnosis; uniparental disomy
Settore MED/20 - Chirurgia Pediatrica e Infantile
Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale e Specialistica
2003
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