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Giant renal oncocytoma: a case report and review of the literature Sami Akbulut * 1, Ayhan Senol 2, Bahri Cakabay 1 and Arsenal Sezgin 3 Introduction: Renal oncocytomas are benign neoplasms derived from cells of the distal renal tubule, and comprise 5% to 7 % of primary renal neoplasms. Oncocytomas...

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Summary:Giant renal oncocytoma: a case report and review of the literature Sami Akbulut * 1, Ayhan Senol 2, Bahri Cakabay 1 and Arsenal Sezgin 3 Introduction: Renal oncocytomas are benign neoplasms derived from cells of the distal renal tubule, and comprise 5% to 7 % of primary renal neoplasms. Oncocytomas are mostly asymptomatic, and the majority of tumors are discovered incidentally. In this case report, we present a case of a patient with a giant oncocytoma arising from her left kidney. Case presentation: We describe a 25-year-old Turkish woman who was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain and a 3-year palpable abdominal mass, which was found present since her second pregnancy. Examination revealed a