The Scientific World Journal (Jan 2010)

Giant Renal Angiomyolipoma without Fat Density on CT Scan: Case Report and Review of the Literature

  • Kenneth G. Nepple,
  • Nathan A. Bockholt,
  • Laila Dahmoush,
  • Richard D. Williams

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2010.135
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10
pp. 1334 – 1338

Abstract

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Giant renal angiomyolipomas have been reported, but typically have the pathognomonic finding of fat density on CT scan. We present the case of a 53-year-old male with a symptomatic, 35-cm, predominantly cystic renal mass without fat density on CT that on nephrectomy was found to be a fat-poor angiomyolipoma with predominantly epithelioid morphology weighing 17.9 kg. Giant renal angiomyolipoma without macroscopic fat density on CT scan is an exceedingly rare occurrence.