Excessive proliferation of peripelvic fat of the kidney.
Excessive proliferation of the peripelvic fat of the kidney (EPPF) is a benign process with an innocuous effect on the patient. However, this condition may assume major clinical significance by producing pyelocalyceal deformities that may be mistaken for true renal masses. Rarely, EPPF may masquerade as a renal pelvic tumor. We present the second reported case of EPPF simulating a renal pelvic tumor and review the history as well as the characteristic radiographic and sonographic features of this condition.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000473:pathology*; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014567:Urography