Multicystic nephroma in an elderly man. Case report.
Multicystic nephroma is a relatively rare tumor of the kidney presenting unclear histological origin. Abdominal mass is a common onset sign in children while abdominal flank pain or abdominal discomfort, hematuria and recurrent urinary tract infections usually affect adults. Preoperative diagnosis is impossible especially in the adult variant of the tumor where clear cells carcinoma with cystic degeneration must always be suspected. We herein report a case of a 77 year old man complaining of flank abdominal pain and recurrent episodes of urinary tract infection due to a right-sided multicystic nephroma successfully treated with nephrectomy.
417 NIMTS Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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Falidas
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Ntasi
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Mathioulakis
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Vlachos
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Anyfantakis
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Boutzouvis
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Villias
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D021501:Flank Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009372:Neoplasms, Connective Tissue / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology