Renal leiomyoma: case report
Andreu García, A.; Herrero Polo, E.; Alapont Alacreu, Jé.Miguel.; Coronel Sánchez, M.Belén.; Schiefenbuch Munné, E.; Botella Almodovar, R.; Brotons Márquez, Jé.Luis.; Llamazares Cachá, G.
Archivos Espanoles de Urologia 59(1): 81-84
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0614 PMID: 16568699 Document Number: 604474
To report a new case of asymptomatic capsular leiomyoma. 68-year-old male asymptomatic patient who was diagnosed of solid mass after a radiological study (ultrasound and CT scan). The treatment of this neoplasia was radical nephrectomy, with an uneventful postoperative course and a pathology report of renal leiomyoma. Renal leiomyoma is a rare benign mesenchymal tumor that should be taken into consideration for the differential diagnosis of renal masses, because it would be an indication for nephron-sparing surgery; nevertheless, due to the difficulties to differentiate it from renal cell carcinoma it is not rare that the diagnosis is achieved after histological study of the nephrectomy specimen.