title: [Renal lymphangioma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a rare case of renal lymphangioma in a 30-year-old female consulting with left flank pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  We perform a bibliographic review and present the clinical, radiological and pathologic features.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient underwent surgical treatment: radical nephrectomy. Final pathology report showed a renal lymphangioma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Renal lymphangioma is a mesenchymal tumor of benign behavior which poses several diagnostic difficulties, both radiologically and histologically. This tumor may be confused with other renal tumors, including clear cell renal carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Ciencias de la Salud CES.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Castaño
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vélez
authors.forename: Férez
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raül Flórez
authors.forename: Carlos Alberto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Uribe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000473:pathology*