[CITATION][C] Polycystic kidney disease: neoplasia in disguise
JJ Grantham - American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 1990 - Elsevier
JJ Grantham
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 1990•ElsevierBACKGROUND Renal cysts are hard to overlook, but for many years most physicians and
scientists have dismissed them as uninteresting or unimportant. Although common, relatively
little is known about the etiology and pathogenesis of renal cysts. Cysts are isolated
collections of urine-like fluid surrounded by a continuous epithelial layer of renal tubular
origin. They may be solitary and relatively
scientists have dismissed them as uninteresting or unimportant. Although common, relatively
little is known about the etiology and pathogenesis of renal cysts. Cysts are isolated
collections of urine-like fluid surrounded by a continuous epithelial layer of renal tubular
origin. They may be solitary and relatively
BACKGROUND
Renal cysts are hard to overlook, but for many years most physicians and scientists have dismissed them as uninteresting or unimportant. Although common, relatively little is known about the etiology and pathogenesis of renal cysts. Cysts are isolated collections of urine-like fluid surrounded by a continuous epithelial layer of renal tubular origin. They may be solitary and relatively
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