title: Extrarenal retroperitoneal angiomyolipoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Angiomyolipomas are rare benign tumors that usually occur in the kidneys. Extrarenal angiomyolipomas are extremely uncommon. We describe a case of angiomyolipoma arising in the retroperitoneum that was successfully treated by arterial embolization and surgical excision. The literature on retroperitoneal extrarenal angiomyolipoma and its differential diagnoses is briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Dalin, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: C-A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Y-S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Y-C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: D-C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: C-M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.forename: W-M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed