Urology
Volume 68, Issue 4 , Pages 737-740 , October 2006

Incidence of benign pathologic findings at partial nephrectomy for solitary renal mass presumed to be renal cell carcinoma on preoperative imaging

  • Alexander Kutikov

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Lindsay K. Fossett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Parvati Ramchandani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • John E. Tomaszewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Evan S. Siegelman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Marc P. Banner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Keith N. Van Arsdalen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Alan J. Wein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • S. Bruce Malkowicz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: S. Bruce Malkowicz, M.D., Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 9 Penn Tower, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Received 11 September 2005 ,Accepted 7 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.04.011

Urology
Volume 68, Issue 4 , Pages 737-740 , October 2006

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