| Yuxiang Hong,Qingtao Yang,Junhong Zheng,Gaoming Hou. Accidental finding of renal myxoma and a literature review. Oncol Transl Med, 2018, 4: 128-131. |
| Accidental finding of renal myxoma and a literature review |
| Received:April 03, 2018 Revised:June 22, 2018 |
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| KeyWord:kidney; myxoma; neoplasm; urology |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | Yuxiang Hong | Shantou University Medical College | hondasumc@163.com | | Qingtao Yang | Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College | yang2001tao@126.com | | Junhong Zheng | Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College | | | Gaoming Hou | Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College | |
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| Abstract: |
| We present the case of a middle-aged Chinese woman who presented as asymptomatic; however,
we found an irregular right renal mass in this patient. She underwent partial nephrectomy after
comprehensive evaluation, and she was finally diagnosed with renal myxoma according to pathological
and immunohistochemical studies. Myxomas are rare, benign, soft-tissue tumors that mainly occur in the
heart and skin, although various anatomical locations have been described. The kidneys are a rare location
of myxoma; thus, renal myxomas may easily be misdiagnosed. To date, approximately 17 cases of renal
myxoma have been reported in the English literature since 1968. All the patients in these cases underwent
nephrectomy as treatment, and were disease-free on follow-up. Postoperative pathology facilitates
a decisive diagnosis that differentiates benign from malignant myxoma, which is vital for the following
treatment and prognosis. |
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