Multilocular cystic nephroma and multicystic clear cell carcinoma: Two faces of the Roman God Janus?

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-171

  Stamatiou, Konstantinos Nikolaos ^a,b   Sofras, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY TUMOR; LETTER; MALE; MULTILOCULAR CYSTIC NEPHROMA; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 62849105087     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896908316786     Document Type: Letter

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