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  • Title: Difficulties in diagnosing and treating renal angiomyolipoma: report of three cases and review of the literature.
    Author: Steinhoff GE, Moors DE.
    Journal: Can J Surg; 1981 Nov; 24(6):619-21. PubMed ID: 7326626.
    Abstract:
    Renal angiomyolipoma is an uncommon benign tumor that presents diagnostic and therapeutic problems. It may be unilateral or bilateral; in its bilateral form it is usually associated with tuberous sclerosis. As a mass lesion of the kidney, it resembles renal cell carcinoma on pyelography and angiography, but computerized axial tomography and ultrasonography may provide a definitive diagnosis. This benign tumour should be treated conservatively to preserve renal function, but surgical intervention is necessary if renal cell carcinoma cannot be excluded completely.
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