Open AccessRenal Vein Leiomyoma: A Rare Entity with Review of Literature
Author(s) -
Santosh Kumar,
Ankur Mittal,
Sudheer Kumar Devana,
Shrawan Kumar Singh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical imaging science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.279
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2156-7514
pISSN - 2156-5597
DOI - 10.4103/2156-7514.137836
Subject(s) - medicine , renal vein , leiomyoma , inferior vena cava , paraganglioma , left renal vein , smooth muscle , radiology , smooth muscle tumor , vein , leiomyomatosis , pathology , kidney
Tumors of vascular origin are unusual. These tumors are predominantly malignant and commonly arise from the inferior vena cava. Benign smooth muscle tumors arising from renal vein are very rare. We present a case of leiomyoma of renal vein in a post-menopausal woman that clinically resembled a retroperitoneal paraganglioma