Open AccessAdult multilocular cystic nephroma: Report of six cases with clinical, radio-pathologic correlation and review of literature
Author(s) -
Christopher Wilkinson,
Victor Palit,
Mallikarjun Bardapure,
Jennifer A. Thomas,
Anthony J. Browning,
Kanwar R. Gill,
Chandra Shekhar Biyani
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.106958
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , nephrectomy , kidney , lesion , cuboidal cell , multicystic dysplastic kidney , radiology , epithelium
Cystic renal neoplasms of the kidney can be benign or malignant. Multicystic nephroma (MCN) represents a rare benign cystic lesion of the kidney, which usually presents as a unilateral multicystic renal mass without solid elements. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of the renal neoplasms, it is grouped along with mixed epithelial-stromal tumor of the kidney.