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Glomus tumor of the kidney
Author(s) -
Sugimoto Koichi,
Yamamoto Yutaka,
Hashimoto Kiyoshi,
Esa Atsunobu,
Okamoto Shigeru
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2009.02433.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , glomus tumor , immunohistochemistry , kidney , ultrasonography , pathology , radiology
A 41‐year‐old man was diagnosed with a glomus tumor of the kidney, which was incidentally found by ultrasonography. Partial nephrectomy revealed a 10‐mm encapsulated mass. We diagnosed it as a glomus tumor using morphological and immunohistochemical stains.