[Bilateral renal angiomyolipomas with a thrombus in the inferior caval vein. Rare growth pattern of a benign tumor].
Renal angiomyolipomas are mesenchymal tumors that are composed of fat tissue, smooth muscle cells and vessels. These are benign tumors, but in rare cases they show a more aggressive growth pattern with invasion into the venous system but without revealing any signs of malignancy. We report a new case of bilateral renal angiomyolipomas with a caval thrombus in a 36 year old female patient with tuberous sclerosis, and give a brief review of the related literature.
Bierer
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Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster. bierers@mednet.uni-muenster.de
Wülfing
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C
Bode
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ME
Pühse
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G
Brinkmann
O-A
OA
Hertle
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L
D000328:Adult; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy