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Kidney adenoma

Alexey Portnov, medical expert
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024

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Kidney adenoma is the most common benign neoplasm in nephrology.

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Causes of the adenoma of the kidney

The causes of renal adenoma are unknown. There is an increase in the risk of morbidity in smokers. Morphologically, the kidney adenoma is very similar to the highly differentiated renal cell carcinoma, and there is a hypothesis that it is an early form of renal adenocarcinoma.

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Symptoms of the adenoma of the kidney

Symptoms of kidney adenoma are nonspecific.

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Diagnostics of the adenoma of the kidney

The optimal method of diagnosing adenoma of the kidney is CT with intravenous bolus contrast. Pre-operative differentiation diagnosis with other tumors of this localization is impossible.

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