Various radiological appearances of angiomyolipomas in the same kidney. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A 21-year-old woman with tuberous sclerosis presented with abdominal distension and flank pain. Imaging studies, including CT and MR imaging, revealed bilateral renal mass lesions, containing fat and suggesting the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis. However the imaging characteristics of one of these lesions differed from the others with no radiologically detectable fat tissue in this solid lesion suggesting renal cell carcinoma. Histopathological examination of this lesion in the left kidney revealed an angiomyolipoma within minimal fat tissue. The radiological diagnosis of angiomyolipomas with minimal fat tissue remains difficult and the differential diagnosis is discussed.

publication date

  • January 1, 2000

Research

keywords

  • Angiomyolipoma
  • Kidney Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0034048174

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/s003300051031

PubMed ID

  • 10879697

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 10

issue

  • 6