Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Kidney Misdiagnosed as Renal Cell Carcinoma.
10.3346/jkms.2010.25.2.330
- Author:
Kwang Ho RYU
1
;
Chang Min IM
;
Myung Ki KIM
;
Dongdeuk KWON
;
Kwangsung PARK
;
Soo Bang RYU
;
Chan CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. ryusaint@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Granuloma, Plasma Cell;
Inflammation;
Kidney Neoplasms
- MeSH:
Actins/metabolism;
Carcinoma, Renal Cell/diagnosis/pathology;
Diagnosis, Differential;
*Diagnostic Errors;
Female;
Granuloma, Plasma Cell/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery;
Humans;
Kidney Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Middle Aged;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Vimentin/metabolism
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2010;25(2):330-332
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT), also knowns as inflammatory pseuduotumor, is a soft tissue lesion of unknown etiology. In the urogenital tract, IMT mainly affects the urinary bladder or prostate, but rarely the kidney. It has been considered as a nonneoplastic reactive inflammatory lesion, but nowadays, it is regarded as a neoplasm due to its high recurrence rate and metastasis. We describe a case of a 61-yr-old woman that had originally been misdiagnosed as renal cell carcinoma, which was pathologically revealed to be an IMT.
