2009-02-01
Histoplasma-associated inflammatory pseudotumour of the kidney mimicking renal carcinoma
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Virchows Archiv , Volume 454 - Issue 2 p. 229- 232
A 56-year-old female, originally from Suriname, with an otherwise unremarkable previous medical history was found to have a renal mass highly suspicious for renal cancer for which a nephrectomy was performed. Within the kidney, a tumourous mass was found which, on histological examination, showed an inflammatory pseudotumour caused by Histoplasma capsulatum. Further investigations revealed an idiopathic CD4+ lymphopenia. Mass lesions mimicking a malignant tumour caused by infection with Histoplasma have rarely been described. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a Histoplasma-associated inflammatory pseudotumour mimicking cancer occurring in the kidney.
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doi.org/10.1007/s00428-008-0714-6, hdl.handle.net/1765/19335 | |
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Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
den Bakker, M., Goemaere, N., Severin, J., Nouwen, J., & Verhagen, P. (2009). Histoplasma-associated inflammatory pseudotumour of the kidney mimicking renal carcinoma. Virchows Archiv, 454(2), 229–232. doi:10.1007/s00428-008-0714-6 |