Excessive proliferation of peripelvic fat of the kidney

Urology. 1978 May;11(5):448-56. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(78)90155-3.

Abstract

Excessive proliferation of the peripelvic fat of the kidney (EPPF) is a benign process with an innocuous effect on the patient. However, this condition may assume major clinical significance by producing pyelocalyceal deformities that may be mistaken for true renal masses. Rarely, EPPF may masquerade as a renal pelvic tumor. We present the second reported case of EPPF simulating a renal pelvic tumor and review the history as well as the characteristic radiographic and sonographic features of this condition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / pathology
  • Aged
  • Atrophy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnosis
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Diseases / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Pelvis / pathology*
  • Lipomatosis / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray
  • Ultrasonography
  • Urography