A 19-month-old black girl had a radical nephrectomy for a Wilms' tumor that contained areas of epithelium indistinguishable from renal cell carcinoma. She was treated with chemotherapy but subsequently had pulmonary metastases develop and massive abdominal recurrence. The recurrent tumor was histolo
Wilms tumor—a renal stem cell malignancy?
✍ Scribed by Naomi Pode-Shakked; Benjamin Dekel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 338 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-041X
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