| Renal angiomyolipoma: a case report | |
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| Sharma M1, Nema SK2, Singh A3, Khanam B4, Julka K5 | |
| Resident1, Professor and Head2, Associate Professor3, Assistant Professor4,5 | |
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1,2,3 Department of Pathology, 4 Department of Medicine, 5 Department of Radio diagnosis, 1-5Index Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Indore, M P, India |
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| ABSTRACT | |
| Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a rare benign tumor composed of adipose tissue, smooth muscles and blood vessels with an incidence is 0.3-3% which is predominantly found in females. These tumors have a strong association with tuberous sclerosis but can occur sporadically. Clinical importance lies in their susceptibility to spontaneous haemorrhage. They can be unilateral or bilateral. Interestingly these tumors occur more in right kidney. We present a case of sporadic unilateral angiomyolipoma of left kidney in a 55 yrs old female who had complaints of off and on left lumbar pain. She was subjected to left nephrectomy and diagnosis was confirmed on histopathology. | |
| KEY WORDS | |
| Angiomyolipoma(AML), kidney tumour, renal angiomyolipoma. | |
