A rare presentation of cystic nephroma in a young adult

Cystic nephroma is a rare benign renal lesion with non-specific presenting symptoms. This tumour has a bimodal age distribution presenting in children between 3 months and 2 years and in adults over 30 years of age. There is male preponderance with a 2:1 male to female ratio in the childhood whereas...

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Main Authors: Amit Sharma, Mukund Andankar, Hemant Pathak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:Asian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214388217300012
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spelling doaj-ac175ed345c84e67ac5a162432279dbe2020-11-24T22:21:41ZengElsevierAsian Journal of Urology2214-38822017-04-014212813010.1016/j.ajur.2017.01.001A rare presentation of cystic nephroma in a young adultAmit SharmaMukund AndankarHemant PathakCystic nephroma is a rare benign renal lesion with non-specific presenting symptoms. This tumour has a bimodal age distribution presenting in children between 3 months and 2 years and in adults over 30 years of age. There is male preponderance with a 2:1 male to female ratio in the childhood whereas it is commoner in females in adults. It is uncommon in the age-group of 5 years–30 years. We describe a case of cystic nephroma in a 25-year-old female which was managed by partial nephrectomy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214388217300012Cystic nephromaYoung adultPartial nephrectomy
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author Amit Sharma
Mukund Andankar
Hemant Pathak
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Mukund Andankar
Hemant Pathak
A rare presentation of cystic nephroma in a young adult
Asian Journal of Urology
Cystic nephroma
Young adult
Partial nephrectomy
author_facet Amit Sharma
Mukund Andankar
Hemant Pathak
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title A rare presentation of cystic nephroma in a young adult
title_short A rare presentation of cystic nephroma in a young adult
title_full A rare presentation of cystic nephroma in a young adult
title_fullStr A rare presentation of cystic nephroma in a young adult
title_full_unstemmed A rare presentation of cystic nephroma in a young adult
title_sort rare presentation of cystic nephroma in a young adult
publisher Elsevier
series Asian Journal of Urology
issn 2214-3882
publishDate 2017-04-01
description Cystic nephroma is a rare benign renal lesion with non-specific presenting symptoms. This tumour has a bimodal age distribution presenting in children between 3 months and 2 years and in adults over 30 years of age. There is male preponderance with a 2:1 male to female ratio in the childhood whereas it is commoner in females in adults. It is uncommon in the age-group of 5 years–30 years. We describe a case of cystic nephroma in a 25-year-old female which was managed by partial nephrectomy.
topic Cystic nephroma
Young adult
Partial nephrectomy
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214388217300012
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