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Inflammatory pseudotumor of kidney masquerading as renal carcinoma

Author(s) -

Prakash Babu,

M. K. Kalpana Kumari,

H. K. Nagaraj,

Vijaya Mysorekar

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of cancer research and therapeutics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 0973-1482

pISSN - 1998-4138

DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.143351

Subject(s) - inflammatory pseudotumor , medicine , nephrectomy , genitourinary system , kidney , flank pain , histopathological examination , lung , pathology , radiology , lesion

Inflammatory pseudotumor also known as inflammatory fibroblastic tumor is a rare benign tumor, which commonly affects the lung. It is very rarely seen in the genitourinary tract. As the preoperative diagnosis, clinically and radiologically is inconclusive, it is imperative to surgically remove and confirm it on histopathologic examination. We report a case of inflammatory pseudotumor in a 51-year-old male who presented with flank pain and was treated with nephrectomy

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