Renal Pseudotumor Simulating Malignancy in a Patient with Adamantiades-Behçet’s Disease

Adamantiades-Behçet’s disease is a multisystem recurrent syndrome with vasculitis being the underlying histopathological lesion. We report on a patient with Behçet’s disease who developed a renal mass raising the suspicion of a malignant neoplasm. The pathologic examination revealed an inflammatory...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of nephrology 2000-05, Vol.20 (3), p.217-221
Hauptverfasser: Aessopos, Athanassios, Alatzoglou, Kyriaki, Korovesis, Konstantinos, Tassiopoulos, Stergios, Lefakis, Georgios, Ismailou-Parassi, Aikaterini
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Zusammenfassung:Adamantiades-Behçet’s disease is a multisystem recurrent syndrome with vasculitis being the underlying histopathological lesion. We report on a patient with Behçet’s disease who developed a renal mass raising the suspicion of a malignant neoplasm. The pathologic examination revealed an inflammatory pseudotumor. The concurrent presentation of these two entities seems to be more than coincidental.
ISSN:0250-8095
1421-9670
DOI:10.1159/000013591