Renal angiomyolipoma, a diagnostic dilemma: a case report.
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2007-07-22
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Angiomyolipomas are the most common benign mesenchymal tumours of the kidney. Most of the angiomyolipomas in adults are asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. We report a case in a symptomatic 55 yrs old male who had a huge retroperitoneal mass abdomen and in whom diagnosis and organ of origin remained unclear until operation and histopathological study was performed. Radiological and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) report of a malignant retroperitoneal tumour was given, but histological examination of the respective tumorous mass showed a benign renal tumour - angiomyolipoma. Our emphasis by reporting this case is to make cytopathologists and radiologists aware of such kind of diagnostic pitfall encountered while reporting retroperitoneal masses.
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Singh D, Kashyap S, Kaur S. Renal angiomyolipoma, a diagnostic dilemma: a case report. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2007 Jul; 50(3): 622-3