Distal nephron carcinoma: a rare kidney tumor
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E Becht1, S C Müller, S Störkel
1Department of Urology and Pathology, Medical School, Mainz, FRG.
European Urology
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Bellini's duct carcinoma is a very rare tumor originating from the collecting tubules of the kidney. It should be part of differential diagnosis in cases with gross hematuria, failed diagnostic proof of a tumor within the collecting system and a centrally located hypovascular mass. Analysis of the cytoskeleton by means of cytokeratin patterns enables classification as a tumor of urothelial origin.