Publications by authors named "Faro Raafat"
Article Synopsis
- The article outlines key features, treatment options, and relapse risks for children with mature teratoma (MT) and immature teratoma (IT) to guide future care plans.
- The study involved 351 patients under 16 years who had confirmed extracranial MT and IT; treatments included surgical excision and monitoring for potential malignant recurrence, with various chemos listed for specific relapses.
- Results showed high 5-year survival rates, but poorer outcomes were associated with incomplete surgical resection, tumor rupture, and certain tumor sites, underscoring the importance of careful surgical intervention and monitoring.
The alleged dominance of diffuse attenuation of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) in young children and females with Alport's Syndrome (AS) suggests that it might be the initial ultrastructural manifestation of type IV collagen defects. We carried out a 'blind' review of 130 renal biopsies obtained from 100 patients with AS, emphasizing the electron microscopy changes, and related the findings to the clinical presentation and outcome. The intracapillary distribution of (1) thickened, (2) attenuated and (3) normal GBM was assessed individually as: none (grade 0), <25% (grade 1), 25-50% (grade 2) and >50% (grade 3).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRenal oncocytoma is a rare benign tumor. Bilateral and multifocal renal oncocytoma has rarely been described in childhood. We report a 12-year-old girl who presented with massive left renomegaly and who was found to have bilateral cystic kidneys.
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