Chronic renal failure due to kidney infiltration by Burkitt type lymphoma.
Chronic renal failure due to lymphomatous infiltration is rare. We report a case of end-stage renal failure due to bilateral massive lymphomatous infiltration confined to the kidneys and pancreas. Renal insufficiency was due to interstitial fibrosis and striking tubular atrophy.
Gianviti
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Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Boldrini
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R
Bosman
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C
Rizzoni
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G
D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications