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Perinephric angiomyolipoma: A unique development pattern surrounding the kidney
Author(s) -
OBARA WATARU,
SATO KAZUNORI,
OWARI YUKIHISA,
NOZAWA TATSURU,
ISURUGI KAZUMASA,
OHMORI SOU,
MATSUSHITA YASUSHI,
TANJI SUSUMU,
KONDA RYUICHIRO,
FUJIOKA TOMOAKI
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01029.x
Subject(s) - adipose capsule of kidney , medicine , asymptomatic , angiomyolipoma , abdomen , differential diagnosis , kidney , radiology , anatomy , pathology
We report a case of a 31‐year‐old man with extrarenal angiomyolipoma of the perinephric space. He presented with asymptomatic macrohematuria. Computed tomography of the abdomen revealed a large perinephric mass which was separated from the right kidney and its unique growth appeared to have surrounded the kidney. Extrarenal angiomyolipomas of the perinephric fat are rare and they should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a retroperitoneal mass where asymptomatic macrohematuria was presented at the onset.