title: Leiomyoma of the kidney--report of two cases.
abstract: Renal leimyoma is an uncommon benign tumour, which pose a challenging diagnostic and therapeutic problem. When multiple (leiomyomatosis) they are preoperatively mistaken for malignant tumors. We herein-present one case of renal leiomyomatois developing in a 50 year old male, which was clinically diagnosed as renal cell carcinoma and one case of renal leiomyoma in a 37 year old male.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Nayak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged