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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2017; 06(02): 078-084
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.208838
Letter to the Editor

Presentation of mucinous adenocarcinoma of renal pelvis masquerading as gross hydronephrosis: A histopathological surprise

Kajal Nitin Patel
Department of Radiology, G. R. Doshi and K. M. Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr. H. L. Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
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Nitin A. Patel
Department of Radiology, Surym – The World of Imaging Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
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Shruti P. Gandhi
Department of Radiology, G. R. Doshi and K. M. Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr. H. L. Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
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