Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists, and Abdominal Surgeons for the year ... . ng the lower pole of the leftkidney and extending medially across the spinal column to the right side and ad-hering to the surrounding tissues. The postoperative shock was severe. Deathoccurred 27 days following her operation. Autopsy was not obtained. Gross description: The specimen was an irregular hunters horn shaped massof tissue with a well-defined upper pole, preserving a fairly normal kidney dimensions of the mass were 15 cm. long by 9 cm. wide across the lower
Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists, and Abdominal Surgeons for the year ... . ng the lower pole of the leftkidney and extending medially across the spinal column to the right side and ad-hering to the surrounding tissues. The postoperative shock was severe. Deathoccurred 27 days following her operation. Autopsy was not obtained. Gross description: The specimen was an irregular hunters horn shaped massof tissue with a well-defined upper pole, preserving a fairly normal kidney dimensions of the mass were 15 cm. long by 9 cm. wide across the lower pole,and 6 cm. thick. A portion of the mass at the lower pole, including the capsule wastorn away. When vertically sectioned the tumor mass was shown to be 8x8x6cm. in size. A well-defined encapsulation was seen along part of the upper sur- NEOPLASIA OF THE KIDNEY 231 face. The substance of the new growth mass was partially soft, and light-colored,the structure was partially fibrous and cartilaginous in character. Evident exten-sion through the capsule had occurred at the lower pole and outer lower Fig. 11.—(Case 3.) Fibrous tissue portion Fig. 12.— (Case 3.) Area of anaplastic of the new growth. Low magnification X-110. epithelial new growth cells. Low magnifica- Note the irregular diffuse arrangement of tion X-110. Note the solid mass of large new growth tumor cells and the atrophy and epithelial cells showing abundant cytoplasm anaplasia of cells. and round or oval nuclei.
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