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Tumors and Tumor-Like Conditions of Urinary Bladder, Renal Pelvis, Ureter and Urethra

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Chapter 2 presents main clinical and pathologic characteristics of tumors and tumor-like conditions arising in the urinary bladder, upper urinary tract and the urethra. Emphasis is placed on rare and recently described entities. Diagnostic pathologic and immunohistochemical features useful in differential diagnosis are key characteristics described in text and tables. Representative images illustrate both common and rare tumors and tumor-like conditions of the urinary bladder, upper urinary tract and the urethra.

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Lopez-Beltran, A., Menendez, C.L., Montironi, R., Cheng, L. (2015). Tumors and Tumor-Like Conditions of Urinary Bladder, Renal Pelvis, Ureter and Urethra. In: Rare Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions in Urological Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10253-5_2

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