Multifocal Nephroblastomatosis: Clinical Significance and Imaging

Overview

Journal Pediatr Radiol

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 1984 Jan 1

PMID 6095167

Citations 2

Authors

P Montgomery

J P Kuhn

P E Berger

J Fisher

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Abstract

The correlation between nephroblastomatosis and Wilms' tumor has been established in the pathology literature. Two cases of multifocal nephroblastomatosis in the kidney contralateral to a Wilms' tumor are presented. The importance of these lesions and their recognition is discussed.

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