title: Parasitic lumbar arterial blood supply in renal angiomyolipoma.
abstract: A young woman with azotemia was found to have an angiomyolipoma which had parasitic blood supply from a lumbar artery. Parasitic lumbar arterial blood supply from a lumbar artery. Parasitic lumbar arterial blood supply has previously been considered a strong indication of malignancy. Since this benign lesion had not invaded the adjacent retroperitoneal structures, the phenomenon tends to confirm the postulate that parasitic blood supply to a lesion may occur through hypertrophy of small anastomotic channels normally present between adjacent vessels but not normally seen in angiography.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008067:Lipoma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000098:blood supply*; D014511:Uremia / Q000175:diagnosis