Introduction: Wilms’ tumor is the most common primary
malignant renal tumor of childhood. It is important to pick
up the children with wilms’ tumor earlier as early stages
has excellent outcomes after treatment.
Objective : To find out the common clinical presentations
and pathological profile of Wilms’ tumor in children.
Methods and Materials : A hospital based prospective study
done with twenty diagnosed patients of Wilms tumour
enrolled from department of Pediatric haemato-oncology,
BSMMU, Dhaka in the period between January to
December 2008.
Results- The peak incidence of Wilms’ tumor was in 1 to 5
years age group (80%,n=16). Median age at presentation was
49 months with male: female ratio 1.8:1.The most common
presentation was abdominal swelling (80%,n=16),followed
by flank mass (75%,n=15), abdominal pain (55%,n=11),