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PROXIMAL TUBULAR ADENOMA OF THE KIDNEY
Author(s) -
WEEDON D.,
SPLATT A. J.,
MOORE A. W. E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb04950.x
Subject(s) - medicine , adenoma , kidney , general surgery
A case of proximal tubular adenoma of the kidney (renal “oncocytoma”), confirmed by electron microscopy, is reported. This benign tumour has been mistaken for renal adenocarcinoma in the past by both surgeons and pathologists.