title: [Two cases of epithelioid angiomyolipoma of the kidney].
abstract: Two cases of epithelioid angiomyolipoma of the kidney are reported. A 62-year-old female with incidental left renal tumor underwent laparoscopic leftpartial nephrectomy under a diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma. A pathological examination revealed epithelioid angiomyolipoma. The second case was that of a 35-year-old female with back pain. A laparoscopic right nephrectomy revealed epithelioid angiomyolipoma. This recently identified variant of angiomyolipoma is sometimes associated with aggressive clinical behavior including local recurrence and metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan. tkmk@u-fukui.ac.jp
authors.forename: Manami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaneda
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Pathology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoyo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
authors.forename: Minekatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taga
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
authors.forename: Nozomu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Pathology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
authors.forename: Ookoshi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tadakazu
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Pathology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D058965:MART-1 Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D058951:gp100 Melanoma Antigen
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D058965:MART-1 Antigen; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; C548637:PMEL protein, human; D058951:gp100 Melanoma Antigen