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[Lymphoma and kidney: report of 5 cases]
Francisco Javier Madrid García1, Concepción Madroñero Cuevas, Josefina Galende
1Servicio de Urología, Unidad de Documentación, Hospital del Bierzo, Ponferrada, León, España.
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|June 19, 2002
Abstract
Objective:
To describe 5 cases of renal lymphoma.
Methods/Results:
A retrospective study was conducted on 5 cases of renal lymphoma that had been diagnosed at our institution in 1999. Of these 5 cases, one was considered to be primary renal lymphoma. The characteristics, treatment and outcome are discussed.
Conclusions:
Secondary kidney involvement from systemic lymphoma is common, but primary renal lymphoma is a rare and controversial entity.