Giant Renal Angiomyolipoma without Fat Density on CT Scan: Case Report and Review of the Literature. (2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nepple, Kenneth G.; Bockholt, Nathan A.; Dahmoush, Laila; Williams, Richard D.
• Other Names: Atala Anthony Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: TheScientificWorldjournal. Volume 10(2010)
• Page Start: 1334
• Page End: 1338
• Publication Date: 2010
• Subjects: renal mass -- kidney neoplasms -- angiomyolipoma -- computed tomography -- nephrectomy; Science -- Periodicals; Technology -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; 505
• DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.135
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2356-6140

Abstract

Abstract : Giant renal angiomyolipomas have been reported, but typically have the pathognomonic finding of fat density on CT scan. We present the case of a 53-year-old male with a symptomatic, 35-cm, predominantly cystic renal mass without fat density on CT that on nephrectomy was found to be a fat-poor angiomyolipoma with predominantly epithelioid morphology weighing 17.9 kg. Giant renal angiomyolipoma without macroscopic fat density on CT scan is an exceedingly rare occurrence.