Does renal hamartoma need treatment? How to treat renal hamartoma?

Renal hamartoma is an uncommon disease that often occurs in the brain, eyes, heart, lungs, etc. It is a benign tumor. The kidney is the main site of renal hamartoma. The cause is unknown. Tumors without nodules are unilateral, while tumors with nodules are bilateral. Clinical manifestations include waist and abdominal pain, hematuria, etc. Does renal hamartoma need to be treated? How to treat it?

Does renal hamartoma require treatment?

In mild cases of renal hamartoma, the tumor is small, about 1cm-4cm, and no treatment is required. Daily attention to diet and care is enough. The diet should be light, eat less difficult to digest food, eat more nutritious food, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, and follow up closely to avoid tumor enlargement, compression of adjacent organs, and causing adverse symptoms. If the tumor is larger than 4cm, treatment is required. The main treatment methods are surgical resection and kidney transplantation. Different methods are suitable for different patients, and patients should choose according to their own conditions.

How is renal hamartoma treated?

1. Embolization: Patients with bleeding should undergo arterial embolization. After treatment, the patient's bleeding is stopped, but the tumor does not shrink. To remove the tumor, surgical treatment should be performed on the basis of protecting renal function or renal artery branch embolization treatment should be selected.

2. Nephron-sparing surgery: Some patients have mild symptoms and do not need treatment. However, after a period of time, when the tumor grows from less than 4 cm to 5 cm, surgical treatment should be considered. The most common surgery is enucleation. This surgery mainly achieves the purpose of curing the disease by removing the tumor at the edge of the kidney.

3. Nephrectomy: It is suitable for patients with severe disease and large tumors. If the disease is bilateral, the first important factor to be considered during treatment is to preserve the renal unit. In a few patients, the tumor will enlarge and invade other organs, such as lymph nodes, and malignant lesions will occur. The kidney should be surgically removed to cure the disease.

4. Kidney transplantation or hemodialysis: It is the most effective treatment method and can cure the disease. However, transplantation requires a prerequisite, that is, there is a suitable kidney that is not rejected by the patient. Kidney transplantation is suitable for patients with renal failure, those who have failed to respond to surgical treatment, those with ruptured and bleeding tumors, and those with bilateral lesions.

Do renal hamartomas need treatment? I believe everyone has already understood this. If you still have questions, please consult a doctor in a professional hospital. The doctor will tell you the answer based on years of clinical experience. I wish the patient a speedy recovery and cure of the disease.