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Renal Lymphangiectasia: An Unusual Mimicker of Cystic Renal Disease – A Case Series and Literature Review
Cystic renal lesions are commonly seen on a daily basis in abdominal imaging. Even though most cystic renal lesions are benign simple cysts, complex and multifocal cystic renal diseases are also common with a vast number of differentials. One of the rare mimickers of this condition is renal lymphang...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7651773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33178504 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10849 |
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author | Umapathy, Shobana Alavandar, Ezhilmathi Renganathan, Rupa S, Thambidurai Kasi Arunachalam, Venkatesh |
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description | Cystic renal lesions are commonly seen on a daily basis in abdominal imaging. Even though most cystic renal lesions are benign simple cysts, complex and multifocal cystic renal diseases are also common with a vast number of differentials. One of the rare mimickers of this condition is renal lymphangiectasia, and the disease can be diagnosed if radiologists are aware of the imaging findings, and this can help the physician to offer the appropriate treatment. We report a case series of five cases in our hospital and also review the literature on renal lymphangiectasia, including its pathophysiology, clinical presentation, imaging appearances, complications, treatment, and differentials. |
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spelling | pubmed-76517732020-11-10 Renal Lymphangiectasia: An Unusual Mimicker of Cystic Renal Disease – A Case Series and Literature Review Umapathy, Shobana Alavandar, Ezhilmathi Renganathan, Rupa S, Thambidurai Kasi Arunachalam, Venkatesh Cureus Radiology Cystic renal lesions are commonly seen on a daily basis in abdominal imaging. Even though most cystic renal lesions are benign simple cysts, complex and multifocal cystic renal diseases are also common with a vast number of differentials. One of the rare mimickers of this condition is renal lymphangiectasia, and the disease can be diagnosed if radiologists are aware of the imaging findings, and this can help the physician to offer the appropriate treatment. We report a case series of five cases in our hospital and also review the literature on renal lymphangiectasia, including its pathophysiology, clinical presentation, imaging appearances, complications, treatment, and differentials. Cureus 2020-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7651773/ /pubmed/33178504 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10849 Text en Copyright © 2020, Umapathy et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Radiology Umapathy, Shobana Alavandar, Ezhilmathi Renganathan, Rupa S, Thambidurai Kasi Arunachalam, Venkatesh Renal Lymphangiectasia: An Unusual Mimicker of Cystic Renal Disease – A Case Series and Literature Review |
title | Renal Lymphangiectasia: An Unusual Mimicker of Cystic Renal Disease – A Case Series and Literature Review |
title_full | Renal Lymphangiectasia: An Unusual Mimicker of Cystic Renal Disease – A Case Series and Literature Review |
title_fullStr | Renal Lymphangiectasia: An Unusual Mimicker of Cystic Renal Disease – A Case Series and Literature Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Renal Lymphangiectasia: An Unusual Mimicker of Cystic Renal Disease – A Case Series and Literature Review |
title_short | Renal Lymphangiectasia: An Unusual Mimicker of Cystic Renal Disease – A Case Series and Literature Review |
title_sort | renal lymphangiectasia: an unusual mimicker of cystic renal disease – a case series and literature review |
topic | Radiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7651773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33178504 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10849 |
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