Botryoid Wilms tumor: a non-existent “entity” causing diagnostic and staging difficulties
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Here, we report a new case of botryoid Wilms' tumor, a 4-year-old boy, who was referred to us with a chief complaint of dysuria and gross hematuria. The computed tomography and radical nephroureterectomy showed that a botryoid sarcoma-like appearance occupied the right renal pelvis and extended into the bladder. Histologic examination further confirmed this case was a mixed type of Wilms' tumor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Virchows Archiv
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0945-6317,1432-2307
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-018-2500-4