LYMPHANGIOMA OF THE KIDNEY
1987 Volume 78 Issue 1 Pages 149-152
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1987 Volume 78 Issue 1 Pages 149-152
We encountered one case with renal lymphangioma, a very rare benign tumor, and have herein reported the case.
The patient was a 76 year-old female. The chief complaint was gross hematuria. IVP, ultrasound, CT and angiography of the kidney show the presence of a tumor on the left kidney. Diagnosis was renal tumor and radical nephrectomy was preformed. A gray spongy tissue and a tumor (5×4.5×4.5cm) covered with a capsula were observed in the removed kidney. A total of 23 cases have been previously reported. In future, it is desirable to avoid nephrectomy if the preoperative diagnosis indicates that the tumor is definitely benign.
