Renal Lymphoma Mimicking a Retroperitoneal Hematoma

We report the case of a 65-year-old female with an atypical presentation of renal lymphoma at computed tomography (CT), which was initially misinterpreted as a retroperitoneal hematoma. This case highlights the importance to keep a high level of suspicion in order to make a prompt diagnosis since tr...

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Autores principales: Primitivo, Ana, Sousa, Pedro M, Ferreira, Ana F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8212891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34159007
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15099
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description We report the case of a 65-year-old female with an atypical presentation of renal lymphoma at computed tomography (CT), which was initially misinterpreted as a retroperitoneal hematoma. This case highlights the importance to keep a high level of suspicion in order to make a prompt diagnosis since treatment strategies differ significantly.
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spelling pubmed-82128912021-06-21 Renal Lymphoma Mimicking a Retroperitoneal Hematoma Primitivo, Ana Sousa, Pedro M Ferreira, Ana F Cureus Radiology We report the case of a 65-year-old female with an atypical presentation of renal lymphoma at computed tomography (CT), which was initially misinterpreted as a retroperitoneal hematoma. This case highlights the importance to keep a high level of suspicion in order to make a prompt diagnosis since treatment strategies differ significantly. Cureus 2021-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8212891/ /pubmed/34159007 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15099 Text en Copyright © 2021, Primitivo et al. https://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.
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Renal Lymphoma Mimicking a Retroperitoneal Hematoma
title Renal Lymphoma Mimicking a Retroperitoneal Hematoma
title_full Renal Lymphoma Mimicking a Retroperitoneal Hematoma
title_fullStr Renal Lymphoma Mimicking a Retroperitoneal Hematoma
title_full_unstemmed Renal Lymphoma Mimicking a Retroperitoneal Hematoma
title_short Renal Lymphoma Mimicking a Retroperitoneal Hematoma
title_sort renal lymphoma mimicking a retroperitoneal hematoma
topic Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8212891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34159007
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15099
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