Korean J Urol.
1999 Nov;40(11):1566-1568.
A Case of Mesoblastic Nephroma of Kidney in Adult
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- 1Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Pusan, Korea.
Abstract
- Mesoblastic nephroma or fetal mesenchymal hamartoma of the kidney is an uncommon congenital tumor of infancy that rarely occurs in adults. This tumor is slow growing tumor considered to originate from renal mesenchyme and is separated this relatively benign lesion from its malignant counterpart, malignant nephroblastoma(Wilms` tumor). We report a case of mesoblastic nephroma incidentally detected left renal mass and treated with radical nephrectomy in 50 years old man.
