[A renal cortical hemangioma simulating a carcinoma].
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of renal cortical hemangioma.


RESULTS
A 38-year-old patient consulted for recurrent renal colic. The CT scan findings showed a cortical lesion in the right kidney that was compatible with a carcinoma. The patient underwent nephrectomy. Pathological analysis of the surgical specimen showed a 2.7 circumscribed cortical lesion that was found to be a hemangioma.


CONCLUSIONS
Renal hemangioma localized to the renal cortex can mimic a carcinoma.
Medina Pérez
M
M
Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital de la Merced, Osuna, Sevilla, España.
Valero Puerta
J
J
Sánchez González
M
M
Valpuesta Fernández
I
I
D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy
Hemangioma renal cortical simulando un carcinoma.