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*There is a suggestion that an ''epithelioid'' variant is more worisome | *There is a suggestion that an ''epithelioid'' variant is more worisome.<ref name=pmid12352384>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nelson | first1 = CP. | last2 = Sanda | first2 = MG. | title = Contemporary diagnosis and management of renal angiomyolipoma. | journal = J Urol | volume = 168 | issue = 4 Pt 1 | pages = 1315-25 | month = Oct | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1097/01.ju.0000028200.86216.b2 | PMID = 12352384 }}</ref> | ||
**This is not confirmed by all studies.<ref name=pmid18852677>{{Cite journal | last1 = Aydin | first1 = H. | last2 = Magi-Galluzzi | first2 = C. | last3 = Lane | first3 = BR. | last4 = Sercia | first4 = L. | last5 = Lopez | first5 = JI. | last6 = Rini | first6 = BI. | last7 = Zhou | first7 = M. | title = Renal angiomyolipoma: clinicopathologic study of 194 cases with emphasis on the epithelioid histology and tuberous sclerosis association. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 33 | issue = 2 | pages = 289-97 | month = Feb | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31817ed7a6 | PMID = 18852677 }}</ref> | |||
Ki-67 can be used to help distinguish btw 'em -- epithelioid variant Ki-67 +ve.<ref name=pmid18839327>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ooi | first1 = SM. | last2 = Vivian | first2 = JB. | last3 = Cohen | first3 = RJ. | title = The use of the Ki-67 marker in the pathological diagnosis of the epithelioid variant of renal angiomyolipoma. | journal = Int Urol Nephrol | volume = 41 | issue = 3 | pages = 559-65 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1007/s11255-008-9473-1 | PMID = 18839327 }}</ref> | Ki-67 can be used to help distinguish btw 'em -- epithelioid variant Ki-67 +ve.<ref name=pmid18839327>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ooi | first1 = SM. | last2 = Vivian | first2 = JB. | last3 = Cohen | first3 = RJ. | title = The use of the Ki-67 marker in the pathological diagnosis of the epithelioid variant of renal angiomyolipoma. | journal = Int Urol Nephrol | volume = 41 | issue = 3 | pages = 559-65 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1007/s11255-008-9473-1 | PMID = 18839327 }}</ref> | ||
====Cytologic | ====Cytologic==== | ||
Features<ref name=pmid15584043>{{Cite journal | last1 = Crapanzano | first1 = JP. | title = Fine-needle aspiration of renal angiomyolipoma: cytological findings and diagnostic pitfalls in a series of five cases. | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 32 | issue = 1 | pages = 53-7 | month = Jan | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1002/dc.20179 | PMID = 15584043 }}</ref> | |||
*Nuclei - round/ovoid. | *Nuclei - round/ovoid. | ||
*Chromatin - bland. | *Chromatin - bland. |
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