Open AccessUpper urinary tract lipoma: A case report
Author(s) -
Khalid Lmezguidi,
F. Hajji,
Mohamed Sinaa,
A. Janane,
M. Ghadouane,
A. Ameur,
A. Albouzidi,
M. Abbar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.2555
Subject(s) - upper urinary tract , medicine , radiology , renal pelvis , malignancy , pelvis , urinary system , lipoma , pyelogram , computed tomographic , surgery , computed tomography , anatomy , pathology
Upper urinary tract (UUT) benign tumours are rare. We present a case of UUT lipoma in a 41-year-old man with left flank pain. A computed tomographic urography scan revealed an irregular thickening of the left renal collecting system wall extending from the upper calices to the renal pelvis. The diagnosis of UUT was made and the patient underwent a nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff excision, as standard treatment. However, macroscopic and histological examination revealed a lipomatous tumour with no sign of malignancy. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of its kind of a UUT managed first with a minimally invasive approach.