Open AccessInflammatory pseudotumor of kidney masquerading as renal carcinoma
Author(s) -
Prakash Babu,
MK Kalpana Kumari,
Harohalli K. Nagaraj,
Vijaya V Mysorekar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/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