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[Cystic hamartoma of the renal pelvis: unfrequent finding]
Jorge García Rodríguez1, Antonio Jalón Monzón, Roberto Carlos González Alvarez
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España.
Objectives:
This cystic hamartoma of the renal pelvis is a very unfrequent benign tumor. We report one case emphasizing its histology and performed a bibliographic review.
Methods:
Mid age female patient with the incidental diagnosis of a renal mass taking up the pelvis.
Results:
A radical nephrectomy was performed with the pathologic report of cystic hamartoma of the renal pelvis.
Conclusions:
It is a cystic renal tumor with well-defined histologic and immunohistochemical criteria, and it probably does not involve any danger for the patient's live.
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