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In Vivo, Percutaneous, Needle Based, Optical Coherence Tomography of Renal Masses
Published on: March 30, 2015
Cavernous hemangioma of the renal hilum presenting as an avascularized solid mass
Guido Virgili1, Savino Mauro Di Stasi, Pierluigi Bove
1Department of Urology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Casilino Hospital, Rome, Italy. guidovirgili@tiscalinet.it
Abstract:
Hemangiomas are slowly growing benign vascular tumours which rarely involve the kidney. They usually occur in the mucosa or subepithelial tissue of the pelvis, in the pyramid of the kidney and in the cortex. We report a case of cavernous hemangioma presenting as a solid, paradoxically avascular mass of the right renal hilum.
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