The MRI features of renal inflammatory pseudotumor: A case report and literature review

Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Mar 24;102(12):e33287. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000033287.

Abstract

Rationale: Inflammatory pseudotumor is rare observed in renal immunoglobulin G4-related disease.

Patient concerns: A 65-year-old female presented with a mass in the right kidney which was found in physical examination.

Diagnoses: Based on the imaging findings and clinical manifestations, we preliminarily judged that the mass of the right kidney was renal cell carcinoma.

Interventions: The patient finally underwent total nephrectomy.

Outcomes: The final result of microscopic pathological examination is renal inflammatory pseudotumor.

Lessons: There are some characteristics on magnetic resonance imaging of renal inflammatory pseudotumor, which can improve diagnosis rate by combining with medical history and clinical manifestations.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / surgery
  • Female
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell* / diagnostic imaging
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods