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Fatty Wilms' tumor simulating teratoma; occurrence in a child with horseshoe kidney

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An unusually fatty wilms' tumor occured in a young girl. Because of the abundant fat it radiologically simulated a teratoma.

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  1. Department of Pathology, The Children's Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    F. Gonzalez-Crussi

  2. Department of Surgery, The Children's Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    J. O. Sherman

  3. Department of Radiology, The Children's Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    S. K. Fernbach & J. S. Donaldson

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Fernbach, S.K., Donaldson, J.S., Gonzalez-Crussi, F. et al. Fatty Wilms' tumor simulating teratoma; occurrence in a child with horseshoe kidney. Pediatr Radiol 18, 424–426 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388055

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