Concomitant mediastinal and extrarenal retroperitoneal angiomyolipomas in a patient who previously underwent ipsilateral radical nephrectomy | Zendy

Carl Sheng-Chen Wen | Zendy; YungShun Juan | Zendy; YungChin Lee | Zendy; ChunChieh Wu | Zendy; MingChen Paul Shih | Zendy; ChunHsiung Huang | Zendy; JungTsung Shen | Zendy

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Concomitant mediastinal and extrarenal retroperitoneal angiomyolipomas in a patient who previously underwent ipsilateral radical nephrectomy

Author(s) -

Carl Sheng-Chen Wen,

YungShun Juan,

YungChin Lee,

ChunChieh Wu,

MingChen Paul Shih,

ChunHsiung Huang,

JungTsung Shen

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

urological science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155

H-Index - 8

eISSN - 1879-5234

pISSN - 1879-5226

DOI - 10.1016/j.urols.2012.11.002

Subject(s) - medicine , concomitant , nephrectomy , tuberous sclerosis , angiomyolipoma , mediastinum , retroperitoneal space , retroperitoneal hemorrhage , radiology , surgery , urology , kidney

The association of the tuberous sclerosis complex with angiomyolipoma (AML) arising from the retroperitoneum and mediastinum has not been reported in the literature. We present the first case in which a patient presented with a combined retroperitoneal extrarenal and posterior mediastinal AML. Interestingly, the ipsilateral retroperitoneal AML emerged 15 years after radical nephrectomy for the left renal AML

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