Abstract:Renal angiomyolipomas are rare benign lesions of the kidney with an incidence between 0.1% and 0.22% (1). They are composed of abnormal vasculature, smooth muscle, and adipose tissue. They are more likely to be symptomatic if they are larger than 4 cm, and present a history of flank pain, a palpable mass, and rarely haematuria. Also, they are most frequent etiology of Wunderlich syndrome, which is an emergency medical condition that refers to spontaneous nontraumatic bleeding confined to the perinephric space … Show more
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