Is renal hamartoma serious?

Renal hamartoma is a benign tumor, generally not serious.

Renal hamartoma is composed of abnormal proliferation of fatty smooth muscle vessels, it is a benign tumor, generally not serious. Renal hamartoma symptoms are not obvious, common is hematuria waist pain abdominal mass, etc. In general, if the tumor is small, and there are no related symptoms, you can wait for observation. If the tumor is large and special, surgery is required.

Renal hamartoma rarely recurs after active treatment, which will not affect the patient's life, so the prognosis is good. However, if it is bilateral renal hamartoma, and multiple lesions, in this case, the prognosis is poor, which may affect the patient's quality of life.

It has also been reported that renal hamartoma can become malignant, but this situation is extremely rare, so do not worry too much.