title: Leiomyoma of kidney: An Indian experience with literature review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Leiomyoma of kidney is an exceptional finding in the urinary tract. Though most of these tumors are detected on autopsy, still it remains a diagnostic challenge.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report three adult cases of renal leiomyoma in our institute who presented with abdominal mass and haematuria in last 8 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Leiomyoma has been reported in other organs but renal leiomyoma is rare tumour, though in autopsy series they are second in order of frequency among the renal mesenchymal neoplasms, and few cases have been described in the literature. Still no Indian experience is evaluated on this rare site of occurrence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Considering the difficulty of clinical diagnosis of this tumour, strong suspicion is indicated when a patient presents with voluminous, well circumscribed renal lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Midnapore Medical College & Hospital, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Bhaskar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: Sharmistha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Debnath
authors.forename: Mallika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Biswanath
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Tarak Nath
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maiti