Nephron sparing surgery for giant renal angiomyolipoma; a viable option?
Abstract:Angiomyolipomas (AML) are most common benign tumors of the Kidney. It may be an incidental diagnosis or in symptomatic
patients it may cause flank pain,hematuria or renal mass. Also, sometimes renal AML may present initially as spontaneous
retroperitoneal hemorrhage secondary to rupture (Wunderlich syndrome). AML >10 cm in size is known as giant AML and
the data available on this entity is sparse. Herein, we report a case of a 28-year-old homemaker who had left flank pain for
3 months, on evaluation elsewhe… Show more
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