Angiomyolipoma with a caval thrombus.
We report the case of a female patient presenting with flank pain. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a tumor of 8 cm in diameter. After abdominal computerized tomography, the tumor was classified as angiomyolipoma with a tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava. After nephrectomy, the diagnosis was confirmed histologically. To our knowledge, this is the 11th case of a renal angiomyolipoma extending into the vena cava.
Schips
L
L
Department of Urology, Karl Franzen University of Graz, Austria.
Ratschek
M
M
Gallé
G
G
Zigeuner
R
R
Trummer
H
H
Petritsch
P H
PH
Hubmer
G
G
D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior