Unique One‐Stage Procedure: Simultaneous Patent Foramen Ovale Closure and Resection of Wilms Tumor With Vena Cava Thrombus in a 5‐Year‐Old
Lea‐Kathrin Hammer, Tsvetomir Loukanov, Patrick Günther, Mina Farag, Angela‐Maria Czundel, Berthold Klein, Markus Kessler, Christoph W Michalski, Juri Fuchs · 2026
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Description
Hammer and colleagues reported in 2026 a single-operation treatment for a five-year-old boy with a Wilms tumour. Wilms tumour is a childhood kidney cancer, and his tumour had grown into the large vein that drains the kidney area. He also had a patent foramen ovale, a small hole between the heart's upper chambers that normally closes after birth.
In one operation the team closed the heart hole, removed the affected kidney, and cleared the tumour clot from the inferior vena cava. The combined procedure used heart-lung bypass, meaning a machine took over circulation during the delicate steps. The boy recovered without complications after surgery. At six months he remained well and free of tumour. The authors stress careful pre-surgery checks in such children and the value of heart and cancer teams working as one.
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| CREATOR | Lea‐Kathrin Hammer, Tsvetomir Loukanov, Patrick Günther, Mina Farag, Angela‐Maria Czundel, Berthold Klein, Markus Kessler, Christoph W Michalski, Juri Fuchs |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |