Does a hamartoma on the kidney require surgery?

Renal hamartoma is a urological disease. This disease is more common in middle-aged women. When suffering from renal hamartoma, whether to undergo surgery depends on the size of the renal hamartoma. Renal hamartoma may also be caused by eating a lot of high-cholesterol foods, stress, anger, and mood swings.

Renal hamartoma, also known as renal angiomyolipoma, is a benign tumor. Clinical features include multiple lesions in both kidneys, combined with slow intellectual development, butterfly-shaped sebaceous adenoma on the face, etc. It is more common in women, and the age of onset is mostly between 20 and 50 years old. In most cases, the tumor is multiple in the kidney without symptoms, and severe cases may cause the tumor to rupture, resulting in acute abdominal pain and internal bleeding. So does renal hamartoma require surgical treatment? Most patients do not understand, let's take a look!

Generally speaking, patients with renal hamartomas less than 50 mm only need to go for examinations and follow-up on time, and patients with renal hamartomas larger than 50 mm and with symptoms need to consider surgical treatment. According to personal circumstances, you need to go to the relevant hospital for a serious examination, and after getting the test report, go to the attending physician for a serious analysis to more accurately determine the condition, and then conduct follow-up treatment. According to the attending physician's advice, actively cooperate with the treatment. Considering that many people don't know much about the cause of renal hamartoma, let's analyze it below.

1. Eating a lot of foods high in cholesterol

Eating a lot of foods with high cholesterol is one of the main causes of renal hamartomas, because foods with high cholesterol can easily cause excessive fat in the body, and a large amount of fat accumulation in the body can lead to the formation of hamartomas in the kidneys.

2. Stress, anger, and mood swings

Stress, anger, and mood swings are also the main causes of renal hamartomas. Stress in life and mood swings can cause liver qi stagnation or poor blood circulation, which can cause some blood stasis in the body to fuse with normal tissues, forming hamartomas over time.

Whether or not renal hamartoma needs surgical treatment depends on the situation. You need to go to the hospital for a careful examination, follow the doctor's treatment advice, and actively cooperate with the treatment. At the same time, the main causes of the disease are also the points analyzed above. It is recommended that you seek medical attention and examination in time when the symptoms of the disease appear, and follow the doctor's treatment advice.