proportions in a short time. The child, anemic and emaciated, was admitted with an enormous mass in the
right abdomen and with definite ascites. After nephrectomy, the little child recovered uneventfully. A few
months later, however, a recurring abdominal mass was again palpable and shortly afterward the child
died." (Coppes‐Zantinga AR, Coppes MJ. Max Wilms and "Die Mischgeschwülste der Niere." CMAJ. 1.999;160:1196.)
Carl Max Wilhelm Wilms (1.8671.918)
Tumor de Wilms
Lionel Smith Beale`Kidney Diseases, Urinary
Deposits and Calculous Disorders. Their nature and Treatment' John Churchill and Sons London 1.869,
que sin duda es el primero de su genero en estudiar los elementos formativos de los calculos renales.
Estudio microscopico del sedimento, teorias de la formacion de calculos, adelantandose en mas ochenta
años en los estudios que se hicieron ya entrado el siglo XX. Profesor de Medicina, Patología y Fisiología en
el King´s College de Londres en la decada de 1.860. Precursor de los estudios citologicos.
Lionel Smith Beale (1.828‐1.906)
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