title: Myxoma of the kidney - an unusual benign renal tumor: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Myxomas are rare benign soft tissue tumors. The kidney is an unusual location for this tumor. For this reason, less than 15 cases of renal myxoma have been reported in the English literature. There are no specific clinical and radiological features reported for this tumor that allow a preoperative diagnosis enabling a conservative treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report another case of renal myxoma found in a 50-year-old Moroccan woman who presented with a right dull flank pain. An abdominal computed tomography scan objectified a suspected malignant renal mass. Thus, radical nephrectomy was performed. Histopathology of the specimen revealed the typical appearance of a myxoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The objective of this report is to add another case report of this rare benign renal tumor to the literature. This benign tumor with excellent prognosis has no specific preoperative features that could justify a conservative management; a radical approach remains the therapeutic option for now.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco. snrsomuahtenkorang@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Somuah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tenkorang
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kharbach
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Omana
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomo-pathology, Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
authors.forename: Boubacar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Efared
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
authors.forename: Soufiane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mellas
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
authors.forename: Mohammed Fadl
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Tazi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomo-pathology, Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekal
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomo-pathology, Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
authors.forename: Taoufik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harmouch
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
authors.forename: Abdelhak
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khallouk
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
authors.forename: Jamal Mohammed
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: El Fassi
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
authors.forename: Jalal Eddine
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: El Ammari
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hassan II Teaching Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
authors.forename: Moulay Hassan
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Farih
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Benign tumor; CT scan; Nephrectomy; Renal myxoma