title: A case of hypervascular renal capsule leiomyoma.
abstract: A case of leiomyoma of the kidney is reported. A 54-year-old woman was found incidentally to have a solid left renal mass on abdominal ultrasound examination performed during a follow-up study for chronic hepatitis, type C. Computed tomography (CT), dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and angiography revealed the hypervascular mass. Partial nephrectomy was performed under a preoperative diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma. Histopathology diagnosed the mass as renal capsular leiomyoma. We considered that the hypervascularity of the tumor was related to the presence of rich capillary beds.
authors: Department of Radiology, Saitama Medical School, Iruma-gun, Japan.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Inoue
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Tsukuda
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kayano
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Tanaka
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Heshiki
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography