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CASE REPORT
An unusually large renal angiomyolipoma peeping into the right atrium
  1. Thotton Veedu Prasad1,
  2. Anuradha Singh1,
  3. Chandan J Das1,
  4. Amlesh Seth2
  1. 1Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India
  2. 2Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Chandan J Das, dascj{at}yahoo.com

Summary

Angiomyolipomas (AMLs) are benign hamartomatous tumours of the kidney that occur sporadically or in association with tuberous sclerosis. Although they are benign lesions, larger tumours can, rarely, behave aggressively and have extrarenal extension. Extension of an AML into the renal veins and inferior vena cava (IVC) is rare. We report a rare case of an AML with extension into the renal vein and IVC up to the right atrium that was successfully managed surgically.

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