Radiology-pathology conference at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Benign renal angiomyolipoma.
Angiomyolipoma is a benign tumor of the kidney. Conservative management of this tumor requires its differentiation from hypernephroma. This can be accomplished by identification of the fat within the tumor with CT scanning. The authors present a case report.
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UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903-0019, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography