Segmental medullary sponge kidney mimicking a renal mass

I Kaver; E L Flanders; S Kay; W W Koontz Jr

doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)41207-9

Segmental medullary sponge kidney mimicking a renal mass

J Urol. 1989 May;141(5):1181-3. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)41207-9.

Authors

I Kaver¹, E L Flanders, S Kay, W W Koontz Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

PMID: 2651719
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)41207-9

Abstract

We report an unusual case of a medullary sponge kidney that presented clinically and radiologically as a renal mass. Histopathological study after nephrectomy proved the mass to be consistent with segmental medullary sponge kidney.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Kidney / pathology
Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Medullary Sponge Kidney / diagnosis*
Medullary Sponge Kidney / pathology
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography
Urography