title: Controversies related to epithelioid variant of renal angiomyolipoma: a review of the literature.
abstract: We performed a review of the epithelioid-type angiomas to determine their clinical course and propose an appropriate plan for follow-up. We present the case of a patient with possible adrenal carcinoma suggested by computed tomography for whom the histopathologic study revealed an epithelioid angiomyolipoma arising from the kidney. In the absence of consensus, we consider it worthwhile to register the very few cases diagnosed and record a detailed follow-up of the clinical course. We recommend surgical treatment and a follow-up regimen similar to that for renal carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain. pserranof@comz.org
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serrano Frago
authors.forename: Celia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Del Agua Arias Camisón
authors.forename: Maria Jesus
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gil Sanz
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allué López
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonzalvo Ibarra
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Plaza Mas
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rioja Sanz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*