Giant adrenal angiomyolipoma.
BACKGROUND
We report on a case of adrenal angiomyolipoma.


OBJECTIVE
The aim was to present a case report and review of the literature about adrenal angiomyolipoma.


METHODS
The case report includes a history of patient data and literature review.


METHODS
The patient was offered adrenalectomy with adrenal gland neoplasms and gave consent. The tumor was completely removed.


METHODS
We present the case of a 55-yr-old patient with a 15 × 16-cm adrenal angiomyolipoma.


METHODS
We performed adrenalectomy with adrenal gland neoplasms.


RESULTS
The histopathological features confirmed the diagnosis of adrenal angiomyolipoma. The patient made an uneventful recovery and was normal at the 6-month follow-up.


CONCLUSIONS
Angiomyolipomas are rare mesenchymal tumors derived from perivascular epithelioid cells. These are commonly found in the kidney. Angiomyolipoma arising in the adrenal is a very rare entity. We present a case of adrenal angiomyolipoma. In our case, the tumor size was (15 × 16 cm), the largest being reported.
Department of Urology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, 1 Minde Road, Nanchang 330006, People's Republic of China. honglinhu@126.com
Honglin
H
Hu
Xiaoqing
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Xi
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome