Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor: A Distinct Mesenchymal Tumor of Kidney

Juxtaglomerular cell tumor (JGCT) is an unusual mesenchymal entity of the kidney. It is a benign renin-secreting tumor causing hypertension and hypokalemia due to secondary hyperaldosteronism. It is curable if it is discovered early and surgically removed, but may cause a fatal outcome usually due t...

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Autores principales: Elouazzani, Hafsa, Jahid, Ahmed, Bernoussi, Zakiya, Mahassini, Najat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Radiologic Pathologic Correlation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4142465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161802
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.135482
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author Elouazzani, Hafsa
Jahid, Ahmed
Bernoussi, Zakiya
Mahassini, Najat
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description Juxtaglomerular cell tumor (JGCT) is an unusual mesenchymal entity of the kidney. It is a benign renin-secreting tumor causing hypertension and hypokalemia due to secondary hyperaldosteronism. It is curable if it is discovered early and surgically removed, but may cause a fatal outcome usually due to complications of associated hypertension.
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spelling pubmed-41424652014-08-26 Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor: A Distinct Mesenchymal Tumor of Kidney Elouazzani, Hafsa Jahid, Ahmed Bernoussi, Zakiya Mahassini, Najat J Clin Imaging Sci Radiologic Pathologic Correlation Juxtaglomerular cell tumor (JGCT) is an unusual mesenchymal entity of the kidney. It is a benign renin-secreting tumor causing hypertension and hypokalemia due to secondary hyperaldosteronism. It is curable if it is discovered early and surgically removed, but may cause a fatal outcome usually due to complications of associated hypertension. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4142465/ /pubmed/25161802 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.135482 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Elouazzani H. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor: A Distinct Mesenchymal Tumor of Kidney
title Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor: A Distinct Mesenchymal Tumor of Kidney
title_full Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor: A Distinct Mesenchymal Tumor of Kidney
title_fullStr Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor: A Distinct Mesenchymal Tumor of Kidney
title_full_unstemmed Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor: A Distinct Mesenchymal Tumor of Kidney
title_short Juxtaglomerular Cell Tumor: A Distinct Mesenchymal Tumor of Kidney
title_sort juxtaglomerular cell tumor: a distinct mesenchymal tumor of kidney
topic Radiologic Pathologic Correlation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4142465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161802
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.135482
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