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Mouse Kidney Transplantation: Models of Allograft Rejection
Published on: October 11, 2014
[Kidney lipomatosis in a transplantation donor]
A I López López1, E Cao Avellaneda, A Maluff Torres
1Servicio de Urología Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, España. llanais@hotmail.com
Objectives:
The aim of this clinical note is to report one case of incidental superficial renal mass during an organ explantation.
Methods:
The renal donor was a 56-years-old male patient death for subaracnoidea haemorrhage without urological history.
Results:
The anatomopathologic intraoperative study of the renal masses informed about the fatty nature of the tissue, and the renal implantation was performed.
Conclusions:
The find of a superficial renal mass during an organ explantatiation determine the necessity of a preoperative biopsy.
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