title: Anterior mediastinal angiomyolipoma.
abstract: Angiomyolipomas are benign, solitary, noninvasive mesenchymal tumors. They most often arise in the kidney. Extrarenal presentations of these tumors are in skin, orophaynx, abdominal wall, gastrointestinal tract, heart, lung, liver, uterus, penis, and spinal cord. Angiomyolipoma of the mediastinum is extremely rare and is composed of an admixture of fat, smooth muscle cells, and tortuous, thick-walled, small to medium sized blood vessels. We present a surgically confirmed case of anterior mediastinal angiomyolipoma incidentally diagnosed in an asymptomatic patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, GATA Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. fhcandas@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Candaș
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Berber
authors.forename: Akin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yildizhan
authors.forename: Nurettin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yiyit
authors.forename: Rauf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Görür
authors.forename: Turgut
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ișitmangil
mesh_terms: D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult