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oncocytoma
(redirected from renal oncocytoma)

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oncocytoma [‚äŋ·kō·sī′tō·mə]
(medicine)
A benign tumor composed principally of oncocytes; usually occurs in salivary glands.


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Can renal oncocytomas be distinguished from renal cell carcinoma on fineneedle aspiration specimens?
Although no abnormalities in chromosome 1 in tumors with normal karyotypes were detected by FISH using the current set of probes, a much higher incidence of such abnormalities was found in bilateral tumors, suggesting that genetic alterations related to the development of renal oncocytoma reside in this region.
2) We recently observed a patient with a single renal oncocytoma presenting as a large mass involving both moieties of ectopic and crossed fused kidneys, which was associated with mild renal failure.
 
 
 
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