Giant renal angiomyolipoma without fat density on CT scan: case report and review of the literature.
Giant renal angiomyolipomas have been reported, but typically have the pathognomonic finding of fat density on CT scan. We present the case of a 53-year-old male with a symptomatic, 35-cm, predominantly cystic renal mass without fat density on CT that on nephrectomy was found to be a fat-poor angiomyolipoma with predominantly epithelioid morphology weighing 17.9 kg. Giant renal angiomyolipoma without macroscopic fat density on CT scan is an exceedingly rare occurrence.
Nepple
Kenneth G
KG
Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. kenneth-nepple@uiowa.edu
Bockholt
Nathan A
NA
Dahmoush
Laila
L
Williams
Richard D
RD
D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography