We wish to report on a case of renal-cell carcinoma (RCC) occurring in a 9-yr-old female child, recently diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy. This girl was admitted with abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant. A right abdominal mass was detected, and abdominal CT scan showed an expa
Renal-cell carcinoma in a three-year-old child
โ Scribed by Kirti Gupta; Raje Nijhawan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-1039
- DOI
- 10.1002/dc.20060
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