Don’t be fooled by the fat: A rare case of renal cell carcinoma with intratumoural fat

Autor: Brayden March, Nicholas McLeod, Warick Delprado, Hannah Morris
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Urology Case Reports
Urology Case Reports, Vol 30, Iss, Pp-(2020)
ISSN: 2214-4420
Popis: Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a benign renal tumour composed of fat, smooth muscle and blood vessels. Radiologic evidence of macroscopic fat within a solid renal lesion on computed tomography was historically thought to be pathognomonic for this condition. Herein, we report a case of an incidental solid renal cell mass with multiple foci of intra-tumoral fat, which was shown to be a clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) at nephrectomy. Macroscopic fat within solid renal lesions does not exclude malignancy, evaluation of other radiologic features is necessary when RCC is suspected.
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