[Diagnostic and therapeutic approach of angiomyolipoma].
Renal angiomyolipoma is a benign tumour, composed of three different tissue components: muscle, vascular and fat, with a variable distribution. The frequency of haemorrhagic changes of this type of lesion and the importance of the differential diagnosis with a malignant renal lesion, require the definition of an adapted diagnostic and therapeutic strategy, the major elements of which are discussed herein.
Pfister
Christian
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Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France. christian.pfister@chu-rouen.fr
Thoumas
Denis
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Fauquet
Isabelle
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D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*