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[Exophytic renal angiolipoma versus retroperitoneal liposarcoma]
M Medina Pérez1, G García Ferris, A Martín Sanjuan
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital de la Merced, Osuna, Sevilla, España.
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|February 10, 1999
Abstract
Objective:
To report a case of exophytic renal angiomyolipoma mimicking a retroperitoneal liposarcoma on magnetic resonance imaging.
Methods:
A large, palpable abdominal mass was incidentally discovered during routine physical examination in a 61-year-old, hypertensive woman. A CT scan disclosed a retroperitoneal mass, 17 cm in diameter, adjacent to the kidney. The MRI findings were diagnostic of liposarcoma. The tumor was resected en bloc.
Results:
The histopathological findings demonstrated angiomyolipoma.
Conclusions:
Exophytic angiomyolipoma can mimic retroperitoneal liposarcoma on MRI.