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***More often bilateral. | ***More often bilateral. | ||
***Usually bigger. | ***Usually bigger. | ||
**Reported to often have estrogen and progesterone receptors - in the context of [[lymphangioleiomyomatosis]].<ref name=pmid10631194>{{Cite journal | last1 = Logginidou | first1 = H. | last2 = Ao | first2 = X. | last3 = Russo | first3 = I. | last4 = Henske | first4 = EP. | title = Frequent estrogen and progesterone receptor immunoreactivity in renal angiomyolipomas from women with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. | journal = Chest | volume = 117 | issue = 1 | pages = 25-30 | month = Jan | year = 2000 | doi = | PMID = 10631194 }}</ref> | |||
*There is a suggestion that an ''epithelioid'' variant is more worrisome.<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> | *There is a suggestion that an ''epithelioid'' variant is more worrisome.<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> | **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> | ||
*More common in women than men - both sporadic AMLs and those associated with tuberous sclerosis.<ref name=pmid17003820>{{cite journal |author=Rakowski SK, Winterkorn EB, Paul E, Steele DJ, Halpern EF, Thiele EA |title=Renal manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex: Incidence, prognosis, and predictive factors |journal=Kidney Int. |volume=70 |issue=10 |pages=1777–82 |year=2006 |month=November |pmid=17003820 |doi=10.1038/sj.ki.5001853 |url=}}</ref> | *More common in women than men - both in sporadic AMLs and those associated with tuberous sclerosis.<ref name=pmid17003820>{{cite journal |author=Rakowski SK, Winterkorn EB, Paul E, Steele DJ, Halpern EF, Thiele EA |title=Renal manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex: Incidence, prognosis, and predictive factors |journal=Kidney Int. |volume=70 |issue=10 |pages=1777–82 |year=2006 |month=November |pmid=17003820 |doi=10.1038/sj.ki.5001853 |url=}}</ref> | ||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== |
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