Non-Malignant Tumours of the Kidney Necessitating Nephrectomy

Malignant Tumours of the Kidney

was first established by Robin in 1855. Later, yellow coloured tumours of small or large size, well circumscribed, vascular, liable to haemorrhages, degeneration and cyst formation were noticed in the region of the kidney, which led pathologists to speculate concerning their origin. At first they were thought to be lipomatous in structure until Grawitz in 1883 thought that the structure was ide...

Pattern of malignant renal tumours using 2004 WHO classification of renal tumours on radical nephrectomy.

OBJECTIVE To determine the type of malignant renal tumours subjected to radical nephrectomy at a tertiary care urology unit using the 2004 WHO classification for renal tumours. METHODS It was an observational study conducted at Department of Urology, AFIU Rawalpindi, from October 2008 to September 2010. The study included 92 patients with malignant renal tumours of both genders aged above 15 ...

Malignant testicular tumours in non-twin brothers.

Case 1 A 24-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of pain and swelling of the right testis. Examination revealed a hard, irregular, enlarged testis and signs of a pleural effusion. Chest X-ray confirmed the effusion together with widespread secondary spread. A right orchidectomy was performed and the testis found to be replaced by a malignant trophoblastic teratoma. Post-operatively he ...

On the Development of Malignant from Non-Malignant Tumours of the Uterus

The Origin of Malignant Tumours

t0 t,pr?duced by adding a very large quantity of sperm the 'C a,1(^ violently shaking or pressing the ova; otilyreSUiting 'nrv;c wcrc "early all pathological, and a few normals were found. The triastcr type of division was produced by shaking the eggs immediately after fertilisation; these gave rise to a large number of normal as well as pathological embryos. The double spindle type occurred mo...