[Renal lymphangioma]

Arch Esp Urol. 2005 Apr;58(3):256-8. doi: 10.4321/s0004-06142005000300014.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Objectives: To report a rare case of renal lymphangioma in a 30-year-old female consulting with left flank pain.

Methods: We perform a bibliographic review and present the clinical, radiological and pathologic features.

Results: The patient underwent surgical treatment: radical nephrectomy. Final pathology report showed a renal lymphangioma.

Conclusions: Renal lymphangioma is a mesenchymal tumor of benign behavior which poses several diagnostic difficulties, both radiologically and histologically. This tumor may be confused with other renal tumors, including clear cell renal carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lymphangioma / pathology*