Bilateral renal inflammatory pseudotumour effectively treated with corticosteroid

• Published in: Clinical and experimental nephrology Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 190 - 198
• Main Authors: Li, Jordan Yuanzhi, Yong, Tuck Y., Coleman, Mark, Astill, David, Passaris, George, Juneja, Rajiv, Siddins, Mark, Barbara, Jeffrey A. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Springer Japan 01.04.2010; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Case Report; Granuloma, Plasma Cell - diagnosis; Granuloma, Plasma Cell - drug therapy; Granuloma, Plasma Cell - pathology; Humans; Kidney - pathology; Kidney Diseases - diagnosis; Kidney Diseases - drug therapy; Kidney Diseases - pathology; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Nephrology; Prednisolone - therapeutic use; Treatment Outcome; Urology; Inflammatory pseudotumour; Corticosteroid; Kidney

Inflammatory pseudotumour (IPT) is a rare disease of unknown cause that most commonly involves the lung but can occur in almost any site in the body. Occurrence in the kidneys is very rare and bilateral renal involvement even rarer. There are 34 previously reported cases in the English-language medi...