Coexisting Angiomyolipom and Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Kidney of an Elderly Woman: Case Report and Review of the Literature
 
Barry J. Billings,  MD
  • Division of Urology - UAB
    University of Alabama at Birmingham and Saint Vincents Hospital,
    Birmingham, Alabama

Leon C Hamrick,  MD

  • Division of Urology - UAB
    University of Alabama at Birmingham and Saint Vincents Hospital,
    Birmingham, Alabama

Anton J. Bueschen,  MD

  • Division of Urology - UAB
    University of Alabama at Birmingham and Saint Vincents Hospital,
    Birmingham, Alabama

Philip J. Kenney,  MD

  • Division of Urology - UAB
    University of Alabama at Birmingham and Saint Vincents Hospital,
    Birmingham, Alabama

Angiomyolipoma is a well described but relatively uncommon benign renal neoplasm composed of varying admixtures of mature adipose tissue, smooth muscle, and thick-walled blood vessels.[1] The incidence of angiomyolipoma is about 0.3% overall.[2] It frequently occurs in patients with tuberous sclerosis. Even more uncommon is the simultaneous occurrence of angiomyolipoma and renal cell cancer in the same kidney in a patient without tuberous sclerosis.

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