Inflammatory pseudotumor of kidney masquerading as renal carcinoma.

@article{Babu2015InflammatoryPO,
  title={Inflammatory pseudotumor of kidney masquerading as renal carcinoma.},
  author={P. Narendra Babu and M K Kalpana Kumari and H K Nagaraj and Vijaya Viswanath Mysorekar},
  journal={Journal of cancer research and therapeutics},
  year={2015},
  volume={11 3},
  pages={
          668
        }
}
Inflammatory pseudotumor also known as inflammatory fibroblastic tumor is a rare benign tumor, which commonly affects the lung. It is very rarely seen in the genitourinary tract. As the preoperative diagnosis, clinically and radiologically is inconclusive, it is imperative to surgically remove and confirm it on histopathologic examination. We report a case of inflammatory pseudotumor in a 51-year-old male who presented with flank pain and was treated with nephrectomy. 
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