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An 18-month-old boy presented with sterile haematuria. Investigation revealed renal calcification and the kidney was explored, revealing a lesion that proved to be an ossifying tumour. This has only been reported in five previous infants.
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Wheeler, R.A., Moore, I.E. & Atwell, J.D. An infantile ossifying renal tumour. Pediatr Surg Int 9, 135–136 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176137
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