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CASE REPORT
Malignant cystic nephroma
1 Division of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
2 Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Thomas J. Polascik, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2804, Durham, NC 27710 US
Canadian Journal of Urology 2006, 13(6), 3348-3350.
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Aim: To describe a malignant cystic nephroma in an asymptomatic man.Methods: Case report and review of the literature.
Results: A 60-year-old white male presented with an incidentally discovered right perirenal mass. An MRI demonstrated a large perinephric encapsulated mass with diffuse heterogeneity. Patient underwent a radical nephrectomy and retroperitoneal node dissection. Histopathological analyses of the resected specimen revealed malignant cystic nephroma.
Conclusion: This represents the first published report of this rare tumor in an adult patient.
Keywords
malignant cystic nephroma, renal mass
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(2006). Malignant cystic nephroma. Canadian Journal of Urology, 13(6), 3348–3350.
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. Malignant cystic nephroma. Can J Urology. 2006;13(6):3348–3350.
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et al., “Malignant cystic nephroma,” Can. J. Urology, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 3348–3350, 2006.
Copyright © 2006 The Author(s). Published by Tech Science Press.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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