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Date publication
janvier 2002
Journal
Urologia internationalis
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BITTARD Hugues
Tous les auteurs :
Bernardini S, Chabannes E, Algros MP, Billerey C, Bittard H
Lien Pubmed
Résumé
Renal angiomyolipoma is considered to be a benign renal tumor composed of atypical blood vessels, smooth muscles and fat cells. We report 2 cases of unilateral renal angiomyolipoma. In both cases, our preoperative diagnosis was renal cell carcinoma, because no low density area compatible with fat tissue was noted in the tumors on radiographic evaluation. Through histological examination, both tumors proved to be angiomyolipomas mainly composed of epithelioid cells in 1 case, and spindle-shaped smooth muscle cells mimicking a leiomyoma in the other case. Both patients are well showing no evidence of metastases 16 and 14 months after nephrectomy, respectively.
Mots clés
Angiomyolipoma, pathology, Carcinoma, Renal Cell, pathology, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Kidney Neoplasms, pathology, Middle Aged
Référence
Urol. Int.. 2002 ;69(1):78-81
