Angiomyolipoma of the Thoracic Wall: An Extremely Rare Diagnostic Challenge
Extrarenal angiomyolipoma (AML) is an extremely uncommon lesion, accounting for less than 9% of all angiomyolipomas. We present a previously unreported case of a rarely located gigantic extrarenal angiomyolipoma at the posterolateral chest wall of a 35-year-old woman. Clinically, the lesion had all...
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| author | Georgios Gemenetzis Eleni Kostidou Kalliroi Goula Vassilios Smyrniotis Nikolaos Arkadopoulos |
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| description | Extrarenal angiomyolipoma (AML) is an extremely uncommon lesion, accounting for less than 9% of all angiomyolipomas. We present a previously unreported case of a rarely located gigantic extrarenal angiomyolipoma at the posterolateral chest wall of a 35-year-old woman. Clinically, the lesion had all the characteristics of a benign tumor, being soft in palpation, painless, and growing in size in a slow rate. Histologically, the lesion consisted of convoluted thick-walled blood vessels without an elastic layer, interlacing fascicles of smooth muscle, and mature adipose tissue, features consistent with an angiomyolipoma. The mass was surgically removed, without any postoperative complications, and the patient has an uneventful postoperative course. Signs of local recurrence have not been observed. The purpose of this brief report is to point out the necessity of including angiomyolipoma in the differential diagnosis of adipose layer lesions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d5283710d9fb489192605ff9c151055a2025-02-03T06:42:14ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192014-01-01201410.1155/2014/576970576970Angiomyolipoma of the Thoracic Wall: An Extremely Rare Diagnostic ChallengeGeorgios Gemenetzis0Eleni Kostidou1Kalliroi Goula2Vassilios Smyrniotis3Nikolaos Arkadopoulos44th Department of Surgery, Medical School of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Rimini 1, Attiki, 12462 Athens, Greece4th Department of Surgery, Medical School of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Rimini 1, Attiki, 12462 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Pathology, Medical School of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Rimini 1, Attiki, 12462 Athens, Greece4th Department of Surgery, Medical School of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Rimini 1, Attiki, 12462 Athens, Greece4th Department of Surgery, Medical School of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Rimini 1, Attiki, 12462 Athens, GreeceExtrarenal angiomyolipoma (AML) is an extremely uncommon lesion, accounting for less than 9% of all angiomyolipomas. We present a previously unreported case of a rarely located gigantic extrarenal angiomyolipoma at the posterolateral chest wall of a 35-year-old woman. Clinically, the lesion had all the characteristics of a benign tumor, being soft in palpation, painless, and growing in size in a slow rate. Histologically, the lesion consisted of convoluted thick-walled blood vessels without an elastic layer, interlacing fascicles of smooth muscle, and mature adipose tissue, features consistent with an angiomyolipoma. The mass was surgically removed, without any postoperative complications, and the patient has an uneventful postoperative course. Signs of local recurrence have not been observed. The purpose of this brief report is to point out the necessity of including angiomyolipoma in the differential diagnosis of adipose layer lesions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/576970 |
| spellingShingle | Georgios Gemenetzis Eleni Kostidou Kalliroi Goula Vassilios Smyrniotis Nikolaos Arkadopoulos Angiomyolipoma of the Thoracic Wall: An Extremely Rare Diagnostic Challenge Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Angiomyolipoma of the Thoracic Wall: An Extremely Rare Diagnostic Challenge |
| title_full | Angiomyolipoma of the Thoracic Wall: An Extremely Rare Diagnostic Challenge |
| title_fullStr | Angiomyolipoma of the Thoracic Wall: An Extremely Rare Diagnostic Challenge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Angiomyolipoma of the Thoracic Wall: An Extremely Rare Diagnostic Challenge |
| title_short | Angiomyolipoma of the Thoracic Wall: An Extremely Rare Diagnostic Challenge |
| title_sort | angiomyolipoma of the thoracic wall an extremely rare diagnostic challenge |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/576970 |
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