A 65-year-old man with a history of Castleman's disease presented with abdominal and right flank pain. He denied any recent trauma. On admission, his hemoglobin was 7.0 g/dL, and the blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine concentration was 30 and 1.62 mg/dL, respectively. Computed tomography of the patient's abdomen revealed a large right perinephric hematoma. The patient underwent emergency nephrectomy. Microscopic examination of the specimen revealed an incidental renal cell carcinoma.
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
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National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
Objective: To analyze clinical and radiological features and trends in the management pattern of renal angiomyolipomas (AML) in a tertiary care center over a 30-year period.
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