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Radiology-Pathology Conference: Bilateral renal oncocytomas.
Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, 259 First Street, Mineola, NY 11501, USA.
Clinical Imaging (impact factor:
0.75).
28(5):344-8.
DOI:10.1016/j.clinimag.2004.04.002
pp.344-8
Source: PubMed
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Article: Giant renal oncocytoma: a case report and review of the literature.
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ABSTRACT: Renal oncocytomas are benign neoplasms derived from cells of the distal renal tubule, and comprise 5% to 7% of primary renal neoplasms. Oncocytomas are mostly asymptomatic, and the majority of tumors are discovered incidentally. In this case report, we present a case of a patient with a giant oncocytoma arising from her left kidney. We describe a 25-year-old Turkish woman who was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain and a 3-year palpable abdominal mass, which was found present since her second pregnancy. Examination revealed a 15 x 20-cm mass in her abdominal cavity. Computed tomography revealed a mass with regular outlines, measuring 18 x 11 x 12 cm, associated with the left kidney, and causing marked hydroureteronephrosis. We excised the mass and performed a left nephrectomy on our patient. The immunohistopathology of the mass was consistent with renal oncocytoma. No local or distant metastasis was seen at 6 months postoperatively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second largest renal oncocytoma described in the English language literature. This is also the first reported giant oncocytoma that presented during pregnancy.Journal of Medical Case Reports 01/2010; 4:52. -
Article: Incidental giant renal oncocytoma: a case report.
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ABSTRACT: Large renal oncocytomas are not very rare entities. To the best of our knowledge, we report one of the largest oncocytomas in the English literature. The tumor was incidentally diagnosed and, based on the preoperative clinical and radiographic findings, was therefore considered to be a renal cell carcinoma. A 48-year-old Caucasian diabetic man had an abdominal ultrasound for chronic abdominal discomfort, which revealed a large mass on the left kidney. An abdominal computed tomography scan revealed a contrast enhancing, well defined, heterogenous large mass (16.5 × 13.9 cm) originating from the left lower pole with cystic and solid areas. A magnetic resonance imaging scan was performed with no evidence of renal vein or caval thrombus or embolus. A radical nephrectomy was performed through a left flank intercostal incision and the pathology diagnosed renal oncocytoma. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged six days later. Several reports have characterised this essentially benign renal histiotype, which represents 5% to 7% of all solid renal masses. Unfortunately, most renal oncocytomas cannot be differentiated from malignant renal cell carcinomas by clinical or radiographic criteria. Central stellate scar and a spoke-wheel pattern of feeding arteries are unreliable diagnostic signs and are of poor predictive value. These tumors are treated operatively with radical or partial nephrectomy or thermal ablation, depending on the clinical circumstances. We report on, to the best of our knowledge, the fourth largest lesion of this type of renal pathology.Journal of Medical Case Reports 11/2010; 4:358.
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Keywords
Accurate preoperative diagnosis
bilateral renal oncocytomas
pathology
rare presentation
renal carcinoma
Renal oncocytomas
solitary renal tumor first
uncommon benign
