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BILATERAL RENAL CELL CARCINOMA IN A PATIENT UNDERGOING LONG-TERM HEMODIALYSIS
Article published in Urologia Polska 1998/51/4.

authors

Ewa Ko¼mińska 1, Maciej Czaplicki 1, Joanna Klepacka 2, Piotr Dobroński 1
1 Katedra i Klinika Urologii AM w Warszawie
Kierownik Kliniki: prof. dr hab. med. A. Borkowski
2 Zak³ad Dializoterapii Instytutu Transplantologii AM w Warszawie
Kierownik Instytutu: prof. dr hab. med. M. Lao

keywords

kidney hemodialysis renal cell carcinoma

summary

A case of bilateral renal cell carcinoma recognized during 18 months in a patient
with ac±uired cystic disease of the kidney due to long-term hemodialysis is
reported.
The authors present a review of the literature with regard of a pathogenesis,
diagnostic methods and treatment.

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