Leiomyoma of the Renal Vein: A Rare Tumor Presenting as a Renal Mass
Leiomyomas are benign mesenchymal tumors that rarely occur in the kidney. Renal leiomyomas usually occur in the renal cortex or capsule. They are less commonly found in the muscularis propria of the renal pelvis and cortical vascular smooth muscle. In this case report, we present a 41-year-old woman...
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| description | Leiomyomas are benign mesenchymal tumors that rarely occur in the kidney. Renal leiomyomas usually occur in the renal cortex or capsule. They are less commonly found in the muscularis propria of the renal pelvis and cortical vascular smooth muscle. In this case report, we present a 41-year-old woman who had right flank pain and detected a mass in the right kidney hilum. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b041cafff28f43d79b562fab5eba12f62025-02-03T06:00:58ZengWileyCase Reports in Urology2090-696X2090-69782015-01-01201510.1155/2015/950584950584Leiomyoma of the Renal Vein: A Rare Tumor Presenting as a Renal MassCengiz Kocak0Sahin Kabay1Burak Isler2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupinar University, Evliya Celebi Campus, 43000 Kutahya, TurkeyDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, TurkeyDepartment of Urology, Evliya Celebi Education and Research Hospital, Dumlupinar University, Kutahya, TurkeyLeiomyomas are benign mesenchymal tumors that rarely occur in the kidney. Renal leiomyomas usually occur in the renal cortex or capsule. They are less commonly found in the muscularis propria of the renal pelvis and cortical vascular smooth muscle. In this case report, we present a 41-year-old woman who had right flank pain and detected a mass in the right kidney hilum.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/950584 |
| spellingShingle | Cengiz Kocak Sahin Kabay Burak Isler Leiomyoma of the Renal Vein: A Rare Tumor Presenting as a Renal Mass Case Reports in Urology |
| title | Leiomyoma of the Renal Vein: A Rare Tumor Presenting as a Renal Mass |
| title_full | Leiomyoma of the Renal Vein: A Rare Tumor Presenting as a Renal Mass |
| title_fullStr | Leiomyoma of the Renal Vein: A Rare Tumor Presenting as a Renal Mass |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leiomyoma of the Renal Vein: A Rare Tumor Presenting as a Renal Mass |
| title_short | Leiomyoma of the Renal Vein: A Rare Tumor Presenting as a Renal Mass |
| title_sort | leiomyoma of the renal vein a rare tumor presenting as a renal mass |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/950584 |
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