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Leiomyosarcoma of the kidney.
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This article is published in American Journal of Surgery.The article was published on 1954-02-01. It has received 31 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Leiomyosarcoma.read more
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Alternative epithelial markers in sarcomatoid carcinomas of the head and neck, lung, and bladder—p63, MOC-31, and TTF-1
TL;DR: Assessment of the diagnostic utility of several immunohistochemical markers of epithelial differentiation including p63, MOC-31, and thyroid transcription factor-1 on sarcomatoid carcinomas concluded that immunostaining beyond traditional pan-cytokeratin and epithelial membrane antigen may have diagnostic utility in this context.
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Leiomyosarcoma of the kidney: a clinicopathologic study.
TL;DR: The majority of renal leiomyosarcomas are intermediate or high grade with correspondingly poor prognosis, and the one patient with grade 1 tumor was alive with no evidence of disease and all 3 grade 3 patients died of disease.
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Primary leiomyosarcoma of the kidney: a clinicopathologic study of 27 cases.
TL;DR: Primary renal leiomyosarcoma of the kidney is a rare entity that has not been well characterized and has a grim prognosis regardless of the underlying histology.
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Tumours of the Kidney and Ureter
TL;DR: Renal and ureteric tumours form a relatively small but highly important part of urological practice and their behaviour appears capricious, for whilst some are extremely malignant others pursue a benign course, although nearly all have malignant potentialities.
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Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Kidney
Kusuma Venkatesh,Monika Lamba Saini,Shankaran Rukmini Niveditha,Chaithra Krishnagiri,Sudarshan Babu +4 more
TL;DR: Tumors with spindle cell morphology in the kidney should not always be taken for a sarcomatoid variant of renal cell carcinoma and should be investigated thoroughly.
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Three unusual primary kidney tumours
TL;DR: The mass was removed by transperitoneal operation and proved to be almost entirely tumour tissue with only a small quantity of kidney tissue.