Developing multiple lung nodules in a renal transplant recipient with tuberous sclerosis who had undergone bilateral nephrectomy due to renal cell carcinomas

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-258

  Saito, Mitsuru ^a   Yuasa, Takeshi ^a   Satoh, Shigeru ^a   Nanjo, Hiroshi ^a   Tsuchiya, Norihiko ^a   Habuchi, Tomonori ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunosuppressant; Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia; Renal cell carcinoma; Renal transplantation; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; MULTIFOCAL MICRONODULAR PNEUMOCYTE HYPERPLASIA; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; NEPHRECTOMY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 39849104770     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01951.x     Document Type: Article

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