A Benign Renal Cyst Containing Liesegang Rings Mimicking a Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report | Zendy

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A Benign Renal Cyst Containing Liesegang Rings Mimicking a Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Andrew Wood,

Marie O’Donnell,

Ana M. Casado

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

current urology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 1661-7657

pISSN - 1661-7649

DOI - 10.1159/000343551

Subject(s) - psammoma body , medicine , renal cell carcinoma , pathology , pathological , lesion , anatomy , immunohistochemistry

Liesegang rings are uncommon pathological findings which may cause diagnostic dilemmas for pathologists. Awareness of their appearance is important to avoid over diagnosis of parasitic infection, algal contamination and psammoma bodies. Liesegang rings are benign, lamellar structures with radial striations and a central amorphous core. They are found in a variety of tissues and fluids in both an intra- and extra-cellular sites. We present here a case of a cystic renal lesion containing Liesegang rings mimicking a renal cell carcinoma.

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