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==Angiomyolipoma==
==Angiomyolipoma==
*Abbreviated ''AML''.
===General===
===General===
*Mostly benign mesenchymal tumour.
*Benign mesenchymal tumour.
*Presentations: flank pain, hematuria, incidentaloma.<ref name=pmid18805573>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Seyam | first1 = RM. | last2 = Bissada | first2 = NK. | last3 = Kattan | first3 = SA. | last4 = Mokhtar | first4 = AA. | last5 = Aslam | first5 = M. | last6 = Fahmy | first6 = WE. | last7 = Mourad | first7 = WA. | last8 = Binmahfouz | first8 = AA. | last9 = Alzahrani | first9 = HM. | title = Changing trends in presentation, diagnosis and management of renal angiomyolipoma: comparison of sporadic and tuberous sclerosis complex-associated forms. | journal = Urology | volume = 72 | issue = 5 | pages = 1077-82 | month = Nov | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1016/j.urology.2008.07.049 | PMID = 18805573 }}</ref>
*Presentations: flank pain, hematuria, incidentaloma.<ref name=pmid18805573>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Seyam | first1 = RM. | last2 = Bissada | first2 = NK. | last3 = Kattan | first3 = SA. | last4 = Mokhtar | first4 = AA. | last5 = Aslam | first5 = M. | last6 = Fahmy | first6 = WE. | last7 = Mourad | first7 = WA. | last8 = Binmahfouz | first8 = AA. | last9 = Alzahrani | first9 = HM. | title = Changing trends in presentation, diagnosis and management of renal angiomyolipoma: comparison of sporadic and tuberous sclerosis complex-associated forms. | journal = Urology | volume = 72 | issue = 5 | pages = 1077-82 | month = Nov | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1016/j.urology.2008.07.049 | PMID = 18805573 }}</ref>
*AMLs occur may be elsewhere in the body, e.g. liver,<ref name=pmid15498214>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zhang | first1 = SH. | last2 = Cong | first2 = WM. | last3 = Xian | first3 = ZH. | last4 = Wu | first4 = WQ. | last5 = Dong | first5 = H. | last6 = Wu | first6 = MC. | title = [Morphologic variants and immunohistochemical features of hepatic angiomyolipoma.] | journal = Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi | volume = 33 | issue = 5 | pages = 437-40 | month = Oct | year = 2004 | doi =  | PMID = 15498214 }}
*AMLs occur may be elsewhere in the body, e.g. liver,<ref name=pmid15498214>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zhang | first1 = SH. | last2 = Cong | first2 = WM. | last3 = Xian | first3 = ZH. | last4 = Wu | first4 = WQ. | last5 = Dong | first5 = H. | last6 = Wu | first6 = MC. | title = [Morphologic variants and immunohistochemical features of hepatic angiomyolipoma.] | journal = Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi | volume = 33 | issue = 5 | pages = 437-40 | month = Oct | year = 2004 | doi =  | PMID = 15498214 }}
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*In the [[PEComa]] group of tumours.
*In the [[PEComa]] group of tumours.


===Epidemiology===
====Epidemiology====
*May be associated with [[tuberous sclerosis]] -- 70% have an AML.
*May be associated with [[tuberous sclerosis]] -- 70% have an AML.
**When compared to sporadic cases:
**When compared to sporadic cases:
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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
*Muscle.
Features:
*Adipose tissue - not always present.<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>
*Smooth muscle.
*Blood vessels.
*Adipose tissue - not always present<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> - '''key feature'''.
*Abundant blood vessels.
 
Notes:
*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> but this is not the case in 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>


====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>====
====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>====
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*CD117 +/-.
*CD117 +/-.
Additional paper: <ref name=pmid15584043/>
Additional paper: <ref name=pmid15584043/>
Notes:
*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> but this is not the case in 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>


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