Large aneurysm in renal angiomyolipoma causing life-threatening retroperitoneal hemorrhage
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Aneurysm in a Large Sporadic Renal Angiomyolipoma.
Angiomyolipomas (AMLs) are the most common mesenchymal renal neoplasms and are classified as neoplasms of perivascular epithelioid cells (PEComa). AML is usually a benign neoplasm arising most often in the kidney although it has been described in a wide variety of sites. Most patients are adults, and one-third suffer from tuberous sclerosis. We describe a case of renal AML in a 54-year-old Bahr...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Urology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1110-5704
DOI: 10.1016/j.afju.2014.05.003