Assessment of avascular renal masses
β Scribed by Joseph M. Greco
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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β¦ Synopsis
A case of an asymptomatic renal mass is presented as a diagnostic dilemma. Even with highly sophisticated radiographic evaluation, diagnosis was not apparent until surgical exploration.
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