title: [Cervicothoracic angiomyolipoma: an unusual tumor located at a site difficult to reach for surgery].
abstract: Angiomyolipoma is an uncommon hamartomatous renal tumor very prone to spontaneous bleeding. However it is possible to find it in extrarenal sites, being the liver the most frequent one. The rest of sites recorded in literature are exceptional. In fact, to our knowledge, this is the first case reported of cervicothoracic settlement of an angiomyolipoma. This rare location, together with its marked tendency to bleed bleeding determinate a complicated diagnoses a difficult surgical approach.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Otorrinolaringología y patología cérvico-facial, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coscarón Blanco
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gómez González
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blanco Pérez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cañizo Alvarez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Benito González
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Flores Corral
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods