TY  - EJOU
AU  - Fernandez-Alberti, Joaquin 
AU  - Coronil, Ramon 
AU  - Iotti, Alejandro 
AU  - Nolazco, Alejandro 
AU  - Featherston, Marcelo 

TI  - Calyceal diverticulum simulating a renal  tumor
T2  - Canadian Journal of Urology

PY  - 2023
VL  - 30
IS  - 4
SN  - 1488-5581

AB  - Calyceal diverticulum (CD) is a rare anatomic anomaly with an incidence of 0.2% to 0.6% in the patients undergoing renal imaging. They are considered benign lesions and malignancy is exceedingly rare. For diagnosis it is suggested to perform a multiphasic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) evidencing a diverticulum of the pelvicalyceal system with thin-walled cavities communicating with the central collecting system. However, they can be usually mistaken as kidney cancers leading to unjustified nephrectomy. Here, we present a case of a 34-year-old patient who underwent surgery in 2022 due to suspected kidney cancer and histopathological analysis surprisingly reported a CD.
KW  - calyceal diverticulum
KW  -  kidney cancer
KW  -  partial nephrectomy

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