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'''Angiomyolipoma''', abbreviated '''AML''', is a benign mesenchymal tumour that is associated with [[tuberous sclerosis]] and belongs to the [[PEComas|PEComa group of tumours]]. | '''Angiomyolipoma''', abbreviated '''AML''', is a benign mesenchymal tumour that is associated with [[tuberous sclerosis]] and belongs to the [[PEComas|PEComa group of tumours]]. | ||
It is typically found in the [[kidney]]. | It is typically found in the [[kidney]]; however, occasionally it is seen extrarenal.<ref name=pmid24555133>{{Cite journal | last1 = Minja | first1 = EJ. | last2 = Pellerin | first2 = M. | last3 = Saviano | first3 = N. | last4 = Chamberlain | first4 = RS. | title = Retroperitoneal extrarenal angiomyolipomas: an evidence-based approach to a rare clinical entity. | journal = Case Rep Nephrol | volume = 2012 | issue = | pages = 374107 | month = | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1155/2012/374107 | PMID = 24555133 }}</ref> | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||