Renal pseudotumor mimicking renal cell carcinoma in an elderly patient with ovarian carcinoma: case report and literature review
- This case report is about an 84-year-old female patient with a history of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma who was diagnosed with a renal pseudotumor. Initial imaging in February 2023 showed signs of a renal cell carcinoma and possible lung metastases. A CT-guided biopsy and histopathological analysis ruled out malignancy and confirmed a benign inflammatory pseudotumor. This case underlines the importance of a biopsy to avoid unnecessary treatments such as nephrectomy and emphasizes the worth of comprehensive diagnostic evaluation. These steps are important to prevent unnecessary surgical interventions, overtreatment and to focus on effective, targeted therapy for the actual underlying pathology.
| Author: | Maximilian Althammer, Thomas KroenckeORCiDGND, Josua A. DeckerORCiD |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-1178423 |
| Frontdoor URL | https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/117842 |
| ISSN: | 1930-0433OPAC |
| Parent Title (English): | Radiology Case Reports |
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
| Place of publication: | Amsterdam |
| Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2025 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universität Augsburg |
| Release Date: | 2025/01/07 |
| Volume: | 20 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| First Page: | 1410 |
| Last Page: | 1416 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2024.11.063 |
| Institutes: | Medizinische Fakultät |
| Medizinische Fakultät / Universitätsklinikum | |
| Medizinische Fakultät / Lehrstuhl für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
| Licence (German): |  CC-BY 4.0: Creative Commons: Namensnennung |
