[Giant and bilateral renal angiomyolipomas].
We describe the very pathognomonic CT aspects of giant renal angiomyolipomas fortuitously demonstrated in a young male with typical neurological and dermatological patterns of tuberous sclerosis. Angiomyolipomas are rare but 20 to 50% are associated with multiple sclerosis. The advent of CT has made the diagnosis much accurate and avoids unnecessary surgery especially for a single mass. The presence of fat intermixed with areas of other tissue density is very specific and practically excludes the diagnosis of renal carcinoma. Along with MRI, CT is a method of choice to delineate the sometimes very invading tumor. The symptoms of tuberous sclerosis are shortly reminded; the clinical presentation and complications of angiomyolipomas are briefly described.
Coulier
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Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Clinique St-Luc, Bouge, Belgium.
Vander Elst
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D000328:Adult; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*
Angiomyolipomes rénaux géants et bilatéraux.