Abstract
Renal lymphangioma typically manifests as a unilocular or multilocular cystic mass
in the parapelvic or perirenal spaces. A solid mass-like lymphangioma rarely occurs
and thus is hard to differentiate from a renal cell carcinoma.
We encountered a case of a solid mass-like renal lymphangioma that was confirmed using
percutaneous biopsy. The purpose of our case report was to describe magnetic resonance
imaging features, to show the differential diagnoses, and to discuss the role of percutaneous
renal mass biopsy.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: February 13, 2012
Accepted:
November 30,
2011
Received in revised form:
October 10,
2011
Received:
August 16,
2011
Footnotes
☆Disclosure: None of authors has any conflict of interest.
☆☆Support: Our study was conducted without any funding.
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© 2012 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
