Renal angiomyolipoma: definitive diagnosis by ultrasonography and computerized tomography.
The advent of the newer imaging modalities of ultrasonography and computerized tomography allows a definitive preoperative diagnosis of renal angiomyolipoma. Our case illustrates the management dilemma of a patient with gross hematuria and a solid mass in a solitary kidney. The characteristic appearance of an angiomyolipoma by various imaging modalities allowed simple excision of the mass, sparing the kidney.
D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography