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Case Report| Volume 16, ISSUE 6, e1083-e1085, December 2018

Spontaneous Regression of a Low-Grade Renal Cell Carcinoma With Oncocytic Features After Renal Mass Biopsy

  • Arnav Srivastava
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    The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Alexa R. Meyer
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    The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Phillip M. Pierorazio
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    The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Steven P. Rowe
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    The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Mohamad E. Allaf
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    The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Michael A. Gorin
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    Address for correspondence: Michael A. Gorin, MD, The James Buchanan Brady Urological Insitute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Park 213, Baltimore, MD 21224. Fax: (410) 502-7711
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    The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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      Spontaneous regression of sites of metastatic renal cell carcinoma is a well-described phenomenon.

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