Resection of a staggering 36-cm angiomyolipoma

Auteurs-es

  • Bishoy A. Gayed Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Bruce L. Jacobs Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Erin P. Gibbons Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Ronald L. Hrebinko Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.889

Résumé

Angiomyolipomas (AMLs) are benign tumours characterized by
fat, smooth muscle and vascular components. Epithelioid AML
is a recognized variant of AML that is comprised of epithelioid
smooth muscle cells. We present a case of a 41-year-old male who
presented with light-headedness, dizziness, right-sided abdominal
pain and, on subsequent computed tomography, was found to
have an enormous right kidney mass characteristic of an AML.
The patient underwent preoperative selective arterial embolization
followed by a right radical nephrectomy. The pathology revealed a
36-cm AML with focal epithelioid features. Although uncommon,
AMLs can present as enormous retroperitoneal masses.

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Bishoy A. Gayed, Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Bruce L. Jacobs, Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Erin P. Gibbons, Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Ronald L. Hrebinko, Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

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Gayed, B. A., Jacobs, B. L., Gibbons, E. P., & Hrebinko, R. L. (2013). Resection of a staggering 36-cm angiomyolipoma. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 4(4), E97-E99. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.889

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Case Report