The Kidney [electronic resource] : A Comprehensive Guide to Pathologic Diagnosis and Management / edited by Donna E. Hansel, Christopher J. Kane, Gladell P. Paner, Sam S. Chang

Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
Physical Description: IX, 215 pages 153 illustrations, 143 illustrations in color : online resource
Additional Creators: Hansel, Donna E., Kane, Christopher J., Paner, Gladell P., Chang, Sam S., and SpringerLink (Online service)

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Embryology, Anatomy and Histology of the Kidney -- Polycystic Kidney Disease -- Non-Neoplastic Disease Presenting as a Renal Lesion -- Overview and Staging of Renal Neoplasms -- Conventional Forms of Renal Neoplasia -- Familial Forms of Renal Cell Carcinoma and Associated Syndromes -- Translocation-Associated Carcinoma -- Collecting Duct Carcinoma and Renal Medullary Carcinoma -- Emerging and Recently Described Subtypes of Renal Carcinoma -- Non-Epithelial Renal Neoplasms of the Adult Kidney -- Pediatric Renal Neoplasms -- Glomerular Disease -- Non-Neoplastic Kidney Diseases in the Setting of a Renal Mass.

Summary

This volume provides a practical, comprehensive overview on benign and malignant disease of the adult kidney. The text addresses the topic of assessment and management of patients with surgical renal disease. Within this scope, it includes hereditary and spontaneous renal neoplasms, as well as non-neoplastic disease that manifests as a clinically relevant mass. The book is organized into chapters focusing on discrete disease entities and incorporating pathology, surgical management, oncologic therapy, radiologic findings, and molecular alterations. This text is designed to address relevant areas of clinical management of renal neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease across multiple specialties and levels of training. Written by experts in the field, The Kidney: A Comprehensive Guide to Pathologic Diagnosis and Management is a valuable resource on the diagnosis and management of patients with not only renal cell carcinoma, but also other renal processes that require surgical intervention. .

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