Embolic Tubular Epithelial Cells in Percutaneous Renal Biopsies
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- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 83 (6) , 716-719
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/83.6.716
Abstract
Four percutaneous renal biopsies with intravascular embolic tubular epithelial cells are presented. This unusual finding is presumably the result of the needle biopsy procedure and can be a puzzling and misleading artifact. It is postulated that dislodged tubular epithelial cells are pushed forward into or pulled back into punctured intrarenal arteries and subsequently transported to distant glomeruli.Keywords
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