Case Report

Renal Lymphangiectasia

Memuna Abbas
Consultant Nephrologist Doctors Hospital, Lahore.

✉ Correspondence: Memuna Abbas Email: drmemunaabbas@gmail.com

DOI https://doi.org/10.70302/jpsim.v1i1.2016
Volume: 1, Issue 1 Pages: 71–73 Published: 16 Dec 2020
Received: 29 Sep 2020 Accepted: 23 Oct 2020 Published Online: 16 Dec 2020

Abstract

A young female presented with complaints of abdominal pain and feeling of abdominal fullness for the last 5 years. Her abdominal ultrasound showed bilateral perinephric cystic collections. CT with IV contrast revealed presence of bilateral renal lymphangiectasia. It is a rare benign condition considered as differential in cases of renal cystic masses in adults and children.

Keywords
renal lymphangiectasia cystic mass benign

How to Cite This Article

Abbas M. Renal Lymphangiectasia. J Pak Soc Intern Med. 2020;1(1):71–73. doi:10.70302/jpsim.v1i1.2016

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