title: Angiomyolipoma with epithelial cysts: mimic of renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Angiomyolipoma with epithelial cysts (AMLEC) is a rare variant of angiomyolipoma with minimal fat that contains epithelial-lined cysts and may mimic a cystic renal cell carcinoma. While 17 cases have been described in the pathology literature since this entity was first described in 2006, the radiologic appearance was not demonstrated in any of these cases. We report the CT and MRI appearance of AMLEC found incidentally in a patient with lupus nephritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA. rosena23@nyumc.org
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Rosenkrantz
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hecht
authors.forename: Samir S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Taneja
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melamed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed