Bilateral renal angiomyolipomas with invasion of the renal vein: a case report

ScientificWorldJournal. 2008 Feb 6:8:145-8. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2008.29.

Abstract

An angiomyolipoma (AML) is usually a benign, rare, and, more commonly, a unilateral renal tumour. Bilateral tumours are very rare, particularly in the absence of tuberous sclerosis complex. Only in a few isolated cases have features of malignancy been associated with an AML. We present a unique case of bilateral AMLs mimicking invasive tumours in the absence of any other features of tuberous sclerosis complex.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiomyolipoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Angiomyolipoma / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Renal Veins / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed