SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF A RENAL ANGIOSARCOMA
Article published in Urologia Polska 1997/50/3.

authors

Marek Górecki, Tomasz Szydełko, Wojciech Apoznański: Katedra i Klinika Urologii A.M. we Wrocławiu
Kierownik: prof. dr hab. J. Lorenz

Authors present a case of spontaneous rupture of an angiosarcoma of right

kidney. Renal angiosarcoma is probably one of rarest tumours of urinary tract.

Only 8 cases have been reported in the literature. A new case is described.

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