Clinical Diagnosis · Urinary System · Hard
Nephroblastoma
Meaning: A childhood kidney cancer, often presenting as a painless abdominal mass in young children.
In practice: A large flank mass in the three-year-old was diagnosed as a nephroblastoma.
Word parts
- nephr- means kidney
- -oma means a lump, mass or tumour
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