Renal angiomyolipoma, a diagnostic dilemma: a case report.
Angiomyolipomas are the most common benign mesenchymal tumours of the kidney. Most of the angiomyolipomas in adults are asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. We report a case in a symptomatic 55 yrs old male who had a huge retroperitoneal mass abdomen and in whom diagnosis and organ of origin remained unclear until operation and histopathological study was performed. Radiological and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) report of a malignant retroperitoneal tumour was given, but histological examination of the respective tumorous mass showed a benign renal tumour - angiomyolipoma. Our emphasis by reporting this case is to make cytopathologists and radiologists aware of such kind of diagnostic pitfall encountered while reporting retroperitoneal masses.
Singh
Daljit
D
Department of Pathology, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Sri Amritsar. gauryanheerak@gmail.com
Kashyap
Shalini
S
Kaur
Swaran
S
D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology