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Conventional renal cancer in a patient with fumarate hydratase mutation.
Human pathology - 1 May 2007
Lehtonen Heli J, Blanco Ignacio, Piulats Jose M, Herva Riitta, Launonen Virpi, Aaltonen Lauri A
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) is a tumor predisposition syndrome caused by mutations in the fumarate hydratase (FH) gene. HLRCC is characterized by uterine and cutaneous leiomyomas, renal cell cancer, and uterine leiomyosarcoma. Typically, renal cell cancers in HLRCC are unilateral and display a papillary type 2 or ductal histology. We describe here a 23-year-old patient carrying a novel...
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