Fernández CE, Hernández BME, Gómez-Palacio SM, Drijanski MR, Padilla LR, Criales CJL

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 65-68
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ABSTRACT

Leiomyoma is a smooth muscle tumor with very few cases reported on the kidney. The present is a case of a giant renal leiomyoma in a 39-year-old female patient who came for evaluation of abdominal pain and who was managed by radical nephrectomy.

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