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In Vivo, Percutaneous, Needle Based, Optical Coherence Tomography of Renal Masses
Published on: March 30, 2015
Renal cystic oncocytoma, malignant presentation for a benign disease
Abdullah W Aldughiman1, Abdulrahman Alsunbul1, Abdullah B Alanazi1
1Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Urology Department, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Renal cysts can be identified using standard medical imaging and, a histological diagnosis is not required. However, lesions that are more complex require a detailed characterization to allow for determination of differential diagnosis and subsequent management approach. Oncocytoma is a benign epithelial tumor of the kidney, which usually presents as a solid tumor with a central stellate scar. But rarely, it can have central cystic degeneration or can present as a multilocular cyst. We are presenting a case of incidental renal complex renal cyst managed by laparascopic partial nephrectomy which came to be rare cystic presentation of this benign tumor.
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