Renal Cell Carcinoma Containing Fat Without Associated Calcifications: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature

Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 443.e5-443.e7

  Hayn, Matthew H ^a   Cannon Jr , Glenn M ^a   Bastacky, Sheldon ^a   Hrebinko, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MELANOMA; NEPHRECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 58649094669     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.02.047     Document Type: Article

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