Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To report a case of exophytic renal angiomyolipoma mimicking a retroperitoneal liposarcoma on magnetic resonance imaging. METHODS: A large, palpable abdominal mass was incidentally discovered during routine physical examination in a 61-year-old, hypertensive woman. A CT scan disclosed a retroperitoneal mass, 17 cm in diameter, adjacent to the kidney. The MRI findings were diagnostic of liposarcoma. The tumor was resected en bloc. RESULTS: The histopathological findings demonstrated angiomyolipoma. CONCLUSIONS: Exophytic angiomyolipoma can mimic retroperitoneal liposarcoma on MRI.
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Authors | M Medina Pérez, G García Ferris, A Martín Sanjuan, J Valero Puerta |
Journal | Archivos espanoles de urologia
(Arch Esp Urol)
Vol. 51
Issue 10
Pg. 1034-6
(Dec 1998)
ISSN: 0004-0614 [Print] Spain |
Vernacular Title | Angiomiolipoma renal exofítico versus liposarcoma retroperitoneal. |
PMID | 9951128
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Angiolipoma
(diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, pathology)
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Kidney Neoplasms
(diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, pathology)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Middle Aged
- Retroperitoneal Neoplasms
(diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, pathology)
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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