Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the kidney misdiagnosed as renal cell carcinoma

  • Kwang Ho Ryu*
  • , Chang Min Im
  • , Myung Ki Kim
  • , Dongdeuk Kwon
  • , Kwangsung Park
  • , Soo Bang Ryu
  • , Chan Choi
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT), also knowns as inflammatory pseuduotumor, is a soft tissue lesion of unknown etiology. In the urogenital tract, IMT mainly affects the urinary bladder or prostate, but rarely the kidney. It has been considered as a nonneoplastic reactive inflammatory lesion, but nowadays, it is regarded as a neoplasm due to its high recurrence rate and metastasis. We describe a case of a 61-yr-old woman that had originally been misdiagnosed as renal cell carcinoma, which was pathologically revealed to be an IMT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)330-332
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Korean Medical Science
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010.02

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Granuloma
  • Inflammation
  • Kidney neoplasms
  • Plasma cell

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