Myxoma of the Kidney.
- Author:
Jeonng Kyu CHOI
1
;
Sun Hyo PARK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Myxoma; Kidney
- MeSH: Abdomen; Abdominal Pain; Aged; Female; Hematuria; Humans; Hydronephrosis; Kidney*; Myxoma*; Nephrectomy; Pelvis
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society 2003;65(3):263-265
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Renal myxomas are very rare neoplasms. We report herein, on a case of a myxoma in a 65-year-old woman, who presented with a left renal mass, following several symptomatic episodes of gross hematuria and abdominal pain in the left upper quadrant. The ultrasonographs and intravenous pyelographs showed mild hydronephrosis and a delayed excretory urogram of the left kidney. A computed tomographic scan of the abdomen revealed a mass at the upper portion of the pelvis in the left kidney. A left nephrectomy was performed. On the cut surface, a relatively well demarcated mass, measuring 3.0x2.0x2.0 cm, was identified at the upper pole of the left kidney. A microscopic examination revealed a myxoma of the kidney.
