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Renal oncocytomatosis in a long‐term hemodialysis patient treated by laparoscopic surgery
Author(s) -
Shiga Yoshiyuki,
Suzuki Koichiro,
Tsutsumi Masakazu,
Ishikawa Satoru,
Gotoh Michihiro,
Shimokama Tatsuro,
Hattori Kazunori
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2002.00528.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , hemodialysis , renal cell carcinoma , surgery , kidney , renal mass , laparoscopy , ultrasonography , radiology , urology
A 50‐year‐old female, who had been on maintenance hemodialysis for 22 years, consulted our clinic because of a left renal mass detected incidentally by ultrasonography. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a solid hypervascular mass, suggesting a renal cell carcinoma (RCC), in the left atrophic kidney. Left hand‐assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy (HALN) was performed. The histopathological diagnosis was renal oncocytomatosis. Renal oncocytomatosis in a long‐term hemodialysis patient is extremely rare. We report the first case of renal oncocytomatosis in a long‐term hemodialysis patient treated with hand‐assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy.