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Modeling Spontaneous Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC) in Mice Following Nephrectomy
Published on: April 29, 2014
[Cancer on an ectopic kidney. Apropos of a case]
A el Moussaoui1, R Aboutaib, M el Mrini
1Service d'Urologie, CHU IBN Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
Abstract:
The authors report a case of renal cancer in ectopic situation. The diagnosis relies on intravenous pyelography and ultrasonogram. Angiography determines the vascularisation of the kidney and helps define the best surgical approach.
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