A kidney‐shaped polycystic mass on the back of a hemodialysis patient. Issue 8 (6th July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Volkmann, Julia; Nordlohne, Johannes; Schmitt, Roland; von Vietinghoff, Sibylle
• Is Part Of: Clinical case reports. Volume 4:Issue 8(2016)
• Page Start: 840
• Page End: 841
• Publication Date: 2016-07-06
• Subjects: Chronic kidney disease‐related mineral bone disease -- end‐stage renal disease -- hemodialysis -- multicystic back mass; Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.09
• DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.627
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-0904

Abstract

Key Clinical Message: Multicystic back masses can be of infectious, metastatic, or local pre‐ or malignant origin. We present a case of a rapidly evolving mass in a hemodialysis patient with severe "chronic kidney disease‐associated mineral bone disease" (CKD‐MBD), that also highlights limitations of chest x‐ray for diagnosis of bone disease. Abstract : Multicystic back masses can be of infectious, metastatic, or local pre‐ or malignant origin. We present a case of a rapidly evolving mass in a hemodialysis patient with severe "chronic kidney disease‐associated mineral bone disease" (CKD‐MBD), that also highlights limitations of chest x‐ray for diagnosis of bone disease.