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Assessment and Characterization of Hyaloid Vessels in Mice
Published on: May 15, 2019
[Hyaline vascular type of Castleman's disease confined to the kidney]
Tomoyuki Kaneko1, Tetsuo Ogushi, Yasuyuki Asakage
1Department of Urology, Toshiba General Hospital.
Abstract:
A 59-year-old female was referred to our department for a renal mass which was incidentally found during pneumonia treatment. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a 1.5-cm enhancing mass in the posterior midportion of the left kidney. Subsequently, an open partial nephrectomy was performed on the diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma. Pathological examinations revealed a hyaline-vascular type of Castleman's disease. Castleman's disease confined to the kidney is exceptionally rare. We present this rare case and review the literature concerning this unusual disorder.
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