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Laparoscopically Removed Streak Gonad Revealed Gonadoblastoma in Frasier Syndrome.
Anticancer research - 1 Jul 2017
Hashimoto Kazunori, Horibe Y U, Ezaki Jiro, Kanno Toshiyuki, Takahashi Nobuko, Akizawa Yoshika, Matsui Hideo, Yamamoto Tomoko, Shibata Noriyuki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Frasier syndrome (FS) is characterized by gonadal dysgenesis and progressive nephropathy caused by mutation in the Wilm's tumor gene (WT1). We report a case of FS in which diagnosis was based on amenorrhea with nephropathy, and laparoscopically-removed streak gonad which revealed gonadoblastoma. CASE REPORT: At the age of 3 years, the patient developed nephrotic syndrome. This later became...
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