Surgical management of a giant thoracic angiomyolipoma.
This report describes the surgical management of a tumor that filled the left chest of a 58-year-old man. Histopathologic examination showed that this was an angiomyolipoma, a tumor that most commonly occurs in the kidney. The preoperative evaluation and intraoperative management are presented, along with a brief review of this unusual neoplasm.
Holman
William L
WL
Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. wholman@uab.edu
Diethelm
Lisa
L
Lazenby
Audrey J
AJ
Winokur
Thomas S
TS
Lyerly
Ralph T
RT
Cerfolio
Robert J
RJ
D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*