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A TEXTBOOK OF GYNÆCOLOGY
Author(s) -
Arthur Hale
Publication year - 1945
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1945.tb96744.x
Subject(s) - psychology
The cell structurewas variegated. The cells were mostly large polygonal structures with a darkly stained. round nucleus. They were arrangedin sheetswhich invaded the kidney. There were extensive areas of necrosis. In the lungs the same massesof cells were present, undergoing necrosisat small points. The condition was consideredto be a carcinoma of the renal pelvis with secondary deposits in the lungs. The possibility that the malignant processmight have originated from a papilloma was taken into account. The gangrenous areaswere due to emboli from the atheromatousaorta.