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Published in: Virchows Archiv 2/2009

Open Access 01-02-2009 | Case Report

Histoplasma-associated inflammatory pseudotumour of the kidney mimicking renal carcinoma

Authors: Michael A. den Bakker, Natascha N. T. Goemaere, Juliëtte A. Severin, J. L. Nouwen, Paul C. M. S. Verhagen

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 2/2009

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Abstract

A 56-year-old female, originally from Suriname, with an otherwise unremarkable previous medical history was found to have a renal mass highly suspicious for renal cancer for which a nephrectomy was performed. Within the kidney, a tumourous mass was found which, on histological examination, showed an inflammatory pseudotumour caused by Histoplasma capsulatum. Further investigations revealed an idiopathic CD4+ lymphopenia. Mass lesions mimicking a malignant tumour caused by infection with Histoplasma have rarely been described. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a Histoplasma-associated inflammatory pseudotumour mimicking cancer occurring in the kidney
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Metadata
Title
Histoplasma-associated inflammatory pseudotumour of the kidney mimicking renal carcinoma
Authors
Michael A. den Bakker
Natascha N. T. Goemaere
Juliëtte A. Severin
J. L. Nouwen
Paul C. M. S. Verhagen
Publication date
01-02-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Virchows Archiv / Issue 2/2009
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-008-0714-6

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