Ultrasound and CT imaging assessment of renal angiomyolipoma.
The authors report a case of a 41-year-old woman who was admitted to the emergency department of our hospital because of acute right flank pain. Laboratory investigations and cultures were negative. A transabdominal ultrasonography revealed a large mass of the upper pole of the right kidney as an incidental finding.
CT and MRI Department, General Hospital of Rhodes, Rhodes, Greece. kotisnet@otenet.gr
Alexandros
A
Kotis
Filippos
F
Lisgos
Stylianos
S
Karatapanis
D000328:Adult; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D021501:Flank Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color