angiomyolipoma

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Etiology

Epidemiology

  • most common benign tumors of the kidney[1]

Clinical manifestations

  • generally asymptomatic & found incidentally on imaging

Radiology

*RCC: renal cell carcininoma

Complications

Management

(renal angiomyolipoma)

  • angiomyolipoma (unequivocal diagnosis on CT scan)
  • if lesion <4 cm, observation is appropriate
  • if the lesion equals > 4 cm & patient is asymptomatic, observation may be appropriate
  • if the lesion > 4 cm & the patient is symptomatic

More general terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Thomas S, Grimm L, Brady MP Renal Cell Carcinoma: Recognition and Follow-up. Medscape. April 18, 2016 http://reference.medscape.com/features/slideshow/renal-cell-carcinoma