[Fibroepithelial polyp of the kidney pelvis]

Pathologe. 1996 Nov;17(6):459-61. doi: 10.1007/s002920050187.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Benign fibroepithelial polyps of the renal pelvis are rare. Because of suspected malignancy in imaging procedures an ureteronephrectomy was carried out in the reported case. Histology, however, yielded no evidence of malignancy. The diagnosis of benign fibroepithelial polyp was entertained. It remains an open question whether the pathologic changes represent a hamartoma or a reactive postinflammatory process, revealing primitive myxoid stroma within the polypous portion and increasing fibrosis with diffuse submucosal involvement of the ureteral basis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Pelvis / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Polyps / pathology*