Renal Lymphangiectasia- Critical Assessment Of A Rare Case And Review Of Literature

Abstract

Renal Lymphangiectasia (RLM) is a very infrequent benign lymphatic disorder. RLM is often misdiagnosed for other disorders such
as cystic renal masses, usually polycystic kidneys. Although parenthetically found in different cases, RLM is a probable cause of renal
failure and hypertension in undiagnosed victims. The etiology of RLM is unclear and results from the formation of cystic masses and
dilatation of perinephric lymphatic channels. In the renal sinus, lymphatic channels connect the perirenal tissues and the renal capsule
the kidney’s lymphatic system. Developmental malformation in the above-mentioned channels is one of the hypotheses presumed to
describe the etiopathogenesis of RLM. The other hypothesis presumes the inflammation of the renal perinephric leads to the dilatation
and obstruction of lymphatics.