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Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer: an unusual and aggressive form of hereditary renal carcinoma.
Nature clinical practice. Oncology - 1 Apr 2007
Refae Munir Al, Wong Nora, Patenaude François, Bégin Louis R, Foulkes William D
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BACKGROUND: A 17-year-old male presented with cervical adenopathy and a palpable left flank mass. After an initial biopsy of the neck mass, which revealed metastatic carcinoma, a left radical nephrectomy was performed as well as excision of a left supraclavicular lymph node. Subsequent inquiry revealed that the patient's father had died of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) at the age of 40 years, and that...
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