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RENAL ONCOCYTOMA
Author(s) -
ENGEL ULLA,
HORN THOMAS,
NIELSEN OLE SKAT,
OLSEN JENS HENNING
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series a :pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0164
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1987.tb00015_95a.x
Subject(s) - renal oncocytoma , lymph , medicine , oncocytoma , kidney , pathology
Renal oncocytomas are usually regarded as benign tumors. Metastases from renal oncocytomas to regional and especially distant lymph nodes are extremely rare. This paper describes five cases of renal oncocytomas, one of which had a malignant behaviour with metastases to regional and distant lymph nodes.