[Carcinoma of Bellini's tubules].
Carcinoma of the papillary ducts of Bellini is a rare form of renal cancer. Patients are usually asymptomatic middle-aged men who frequently have metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. The diagnosis is based on histological examination of the nephrectomy specimen with a precise immunohistochemical examination. Radical nephrectomy is the first-line treatment and adjuvant chemotherapy, recommended by certain authors, does not appear to improve the usually poor prognosis of these tumours.
Rousseau
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Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris.
Lesourd
A
A
Meria
P
P
Desgrandchamps
F
F
Cussenot
O
O
Cortesse
A
A
Teillac
P
P
Le Duc
A
A
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins / Q000032:analysis; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis; D018396:Mucin-1; D009077:Mucins / Q000032:analysis; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D014746:Vimentin / Q000032:analysis
D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D018396:Mucin-1; D009077:Mucins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D014746:Vimentin; D007633:Keratins