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Unusual morphology in mesoblastic nephroma

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Congenital mesoblastic nephroma (CMN) is a rare paediatric renal neoplasm. It is a diagnostic challenge to the pathologists due to its close differentials having ominous prognosis. We present three cases of CMN with unusual morphology including evidence of renal dysplasia in one of them.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Medical College, Kolkata, India

    Ranjana Bandyopadhyay & Santosh K. Mondal

  2. Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, India

    Uttara Chatterjee

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Park Children’s Center for Treatment and Research, Kolkata, India

    Sugato Banerjee & Uday S. Chatterjee

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Bandyopadhyay, R., Chatterjee, U., Mondal, S.K. et al. Unusual morphology in mesoblastic nephroma. Pediatr Surg Int 25, 109–112 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-008-2279-5

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