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. 2022 Feb 11;3(3):580-581.
doi: 10.34067/KID.0006262021. eCollection 2022 Mar 31.

Unexpected Kidney Finding in a Patient with Anemia

Takashi Uzu  1 , Aya Mizumoto, Kensuke Mitsumoto
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Unexpected Kidney Finding in a Patient with Anemia

Takashi Uzu et al. Kidney360. .
No abstract available

Keywords: anemia; biopsy; clinical nephrology; lymphoma; renal tumor.

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Conflict of interest statement

T. Uzu reports honoraria from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, and Kyowa Kirin. All remaining authors have nothing to disclose.

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Graphical abstract
Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Computed tomography showed noncontrast-enhanced bilateral kidney tumors.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Light microscopy of the kidney histology. The kidney pathologic examination revealed the extensive infiltration of atypical cells (A). Atypical cells were diffusely positive for CD20 (B).
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