Ultrasonography, computerized transaxial tomography and pathology of angiomyolipoma of the kidney: solution to a diagnostic dilemma.
The review of 9 anatomically proved cases of angiomyolipomas of the kidney has revealed characteristic findings of marked echoes on ultrasonography and areas of fat attenuation on computerized transaxial tomography. These 2 findings should resolve the diagnostic dilemma in this benign lesion and prevent the need for operation intervention in most cases.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography