Renal pseudotumor

Last revised by Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod on 9 Dec 2023

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Citation:

Jones J, Ranchod A, Alrasheed W, et al. Renal pseudotumor. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 11 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-9120

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-9120

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/9120?iframe=true

rID:

9120

Article created:

18 Mar 2010, Jeremy Jones ◉

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At the time the article was created Jeremy Jones had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

9 Dec 2023, Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod ◉

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Revisions:

14 times, by 12 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Urogenital

Sections:

Gamuts

Tags:

kidney

Synonyms:

Renal pseudotumours
Renal pseudotumor
Renal pseudotumors
Pseudotumor of the kidney
Pseudotumour of the kidney
Pseudotumor of the kidneys
Pseudotumours of the kidneys
Pseudotumours of the kidney

Renal pseudotumors simulate a tumor on imaging but are composed of non-neoplastic tissue.

Differential diagnosis

There are many examples ^1-3:

Developmental

Infectious and inflammatory

Vascular

extramedullary hematopoiesis
renal arteriovenous malformation
renal hematoma
- subepithelial pelvic hematomas (Antopol-Goldman lesions) ⁴
- anticoagulant-induced subcapsular hemorrhage

Miscellaneous

regenerating nodule after reflux
post partial nephrectomy

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