Wilms tumor in a child with L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria

Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2010 Sep-Oct;13(5):408-11. doi: 10.2350/09-12-0768-CR.1. Epub 2010 Jan 11.

Abstract

We report a male infant with L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria and Wilms tumor. L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria is a rare, autosomal-recessive, inborn error of metabolism characterized by a variable degree of progressive encephalopathy. Of the fewer than 100 cases reported in the literature, at least 9 patients have developed tumors of the central nervous system. To our knowledge, the present case is the 1st example of an extracranial tumor associated with L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria. This observation potentially widens the tumor spectrum in this metabolic disorder and may lead to further insight into the relationship between L-2-hydroxyglutaric acid and cellular transformation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn / complications
  • Dactinomycin / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Nephrectomy
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage
  • Wilms Tumor / complications*
  • Wilms Tumor / therapy

Substances

  • Dactinomycin
  • Vincristine

Supplementary concepts

  • 2-Hydroxyglutaricaciduria