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Single-nucleotide polymorphism in WT1 gene in a hyperplastic intralobar nephrogenic rest with botryoid protrusion.
Urology - 1 Jul 2010
Mizuno Kentaro, Hayashi Yutaro, Tozawa Keiichi, Iwatsuki Shoichiro, Kojima Yoshiyuki, Kohri Kenjiro
Abstract excerpt
Nephrogenic rests are nodular collections of undifferentiated renal blastema cells in the postnatal kidney that are recognized as putative precursor lesions of Wilms tumor. In this study, we report the case of a 3-year-old boy who was diagnosed with a hyperplastic intralobar nephrogenic rest extending through the renal pelvis and ureter. After radical nephrectomy, adjuvant chemotherapy was performed as done in...
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