title: Giant retroperitoneal angiomyolipoma. A case report.
abstract: We discuss a case of a giant renal angiomyolipoma. A 28 year-old woman presented with a history of a painless and swelling abdominal mass. A computerized tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen demonstrated a 27 x 13 x 11 cm tumor in the right retroperitoneum. At laparotomy, a wide excision of the mass was performed and the histopathological examination of the resected specimen revealed the presence of an angiomyolipoma. The clinical, radiological and pathological findings of this case are reported with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Anestesiologiche, Ospedale Policlinico Sant'Orsola, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Italy. EnzoPic@Almadns.unibo.it
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Piccinini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosati
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ugolini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marroccu
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Salfi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pasquinelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Del Governatore
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Conti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*