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Renal angiomyolipoma associated with lymph node involvement and renal cell carcinoma in patients with tuberous
R S Taylor1, D B Joseph, E C Kohaut
1Department of Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
The Journal of Urology
|April 1, 1989
Abstract:
Renal angiomyolipomas are found in more than half of the patients with tuberous sclerosis. We report on 3 patients with tuberous sclerosis and pathologically aggressive renal angiomyolipoma with retroperitoneal lymph node involvement and/or renal cell carcinoma. All patients have had a benign course. The literature is reviewed and supports the benign nature of this seemingly aggressive disorder. An approach to the evaluation and treatment of a child with tuberous sclerosis and renal angiomyolipoma is presented.