Renal pseudotumor simulating malignancy in a patient with Adamantiades- Behcet's disease. Case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-221

  Aessopos, Athanassios ^a   Alatzoglou, Kyriaki ^a   Korovesis, Konstantinos ^a   Tassiopoulos, Stergios ^a   Lefakis, Georgios ^b   Ismailou Parassi, Aikaterini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Ag Panteleimon Gen Dist Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Kidney; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; SYNDROME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0033935603     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013591     Document Type: Article

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