title: Renal oncocytomas--an Australian experience.
abstract: A review was made of 24 cases of renal oncocytoma seen between 1978 and 1989. There was considerable overlap between the clinical presentation of renal oncocytomas and renal carcinomas. Although pre-operative radiological, cytological and pathological investigations may suggest the presence of an oncocytoma, these studies cannot make a definitive diagnosis. We recommend that these tumours be treated as potential renal carcinomas until post-operative microscopic evaluation proves otherwise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frydenberg
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Eckstein
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Saalfield
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Breslin
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roche
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed