How is renal hamartoma caused?

Renal hamartoma is usually referred to as renal leiomyolipoma, the etiology is not clear, may be due to genetic factors, dietary factors, chromosome mutations and other reasons related.

1, genetic factors

renal leiomyolipoma is a benign genetic disease, if there is a family history of renal leiomyolipoma, other women in the family may appear because of X chromosome inactivation of the disease.

2, gene mutation

If women are exposed to chemicals during pregnancy, radioactive substances more, may lead to fetal gene mutation, causing renal leiomyolipoma.

3, dietary factors

If patients eat fat, animal liver, egg yolk and other high-fat foods for a long time, will lead to increased blood lipids in the body, increase the burden of fat metabolism, so that fatty tissue degeneration, the formation of renal leiomyolipoma.