Adrenal angiomyolipoma.

Abu Bakar Hafeez Bhatti; Faisal Saud Dar; Minhal Pervez

Author(s)

Abu Bakar Hafeez Bhatti Department of General Surgery, Memon Medical Institute, Karachi, Pakistan

Faisal Saud Dar Department of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgery, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan

Minhal Pervez Department of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgery, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract

Adrenal angiomyolipoma is a rare tumour arising from the mesenchymal tissue containing fat cells. A 72 years old lady presented with right upper quadrant pain. She underwent laparotomy after relevant imaging and investigations and was found to have a right sided adrenal angiomyolipoma confirmed on histopathology, which was encasing the inferior vena cava and renal veins. Due to its diagnostic difficulty, potential to achieve large size and possible complications; surgeons and pathologists should keep angiomyolipoma in mind when dealing with an adrenal mass.

Publication Details

Page(s) 663-664

DOI DOI not available

Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 23, Issue: 9, Year: 2013

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