title: Renal pseudotumor simulating malignancy in a patient with Adamantiades-Behçet's disease: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Adamantiades-Behçet's disease is a multisystem recurrent syndrome with vasculitis being the underlying histopathological lesion. We report on a patient with Behçet's disease who developed a renal mass raising the suspicion of a malignant neoplasm. The pathologic examination revealed an inflammatory pseudotumor. The concurrent presentation of these two entities seems to be more than coincidental.
authors.affiliation: Athens University Medical School, 1st Department of Medicine, 'Laiko' General Hospital, Goudi-Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aessopos
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alatzoglou
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Korovesis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tassiopoulos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lefakis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ismailou-Parassi
mesh_terms: D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged