Diagnostic difficulties and treatment strategy of hepatic angiomyolipoma.

Objective: Based on a large series of histopathologically confirmed hepatic angiomyolipomas, we retrospectively studied the typical diagnostic features of hepatic angiomyolipoma and proposed a treatment strategy for this disease.

Materials And Methods: From December 1997 to December 2007, 74 consecutive patients who received definitive treatment for hepatic angiomyolipoma, at a single tertiary center, were studied.

Results: There was a marked female predominance (54 females vs.