The significance of lymph nodal involvement in renal angiomyolipoma. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Renal angiomyolipoma, a benign tumor, can involve regional lymph nodes. Although this phenomenon has been reported previously followup information has been scant. We have treated 3 patients who had renal angiomyolipoma with nodal involvement and all had further evidence of tuberous sclerosis. Each patient had hematuria with flank pain and required nephrectomy. In the ensuing 3 to 11 years none of these patients has had evidence of further disease progression. Nodal involvement may reflect the multicentricity of angiomyolipoma or may represent a form of "benign metastasis" but it does not appear to be a harbinger of disease progression.

publication date

  • December 1, 1982

Research

keywords

  • Hemangioma
  • Kidney Neoplasms
  • Lipoma

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0020406843

PubMed ID

  • 7154190

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 128

issue

  • 6