[Giant renal angiomyolipoma].

Actas Urol Esp

Departamento de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Médico Quirúrgico, Granada.

Published: June 2003

We present a case report of a renal angiomyolipoma with the special feature of its big size at the moment of the diagnosis. It is appreciated an important alteration of the kidney morphology and the repercussion produced in the rest of the abdominal organs. Due to this an exeresis with nefrectomy is performed. We do a bibliographic review and we analyzed the relevant aspects of this tumour.

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