Don’t be fooled by the fat: A rare case of renal cell carcinoma with intratumoural fat

Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a benign renal tumour composed of fat, smooth muscle and blood vessels. Radiologic evidence of macroscopic fat within a solid renal lesion on computed tomography was historically thought to be pathognomonic for this condition. Herein, we report a case of an incidental solid r...

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Published in:	Urology case reports Vol. 30; p. 101112
Main Authors:	Morris, Hannah, March, Brayden, Delprado, Warick, McLeod, Nicholas
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-05-2020 Elsevier
Subjects:	Oncology
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Summary:	Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a benign renal tumour composed of fat, smooth muscle and blood vessels. Radiologic evidence of macroscopic fat within a solid renal lesion on computed tomography was historically thought to be pathognomonic for this condition. Herein, we report a case of an incidental solid renal cell mass with multiple foci of intra-tumoral fat, which was shown to be a clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) at nephrectomy. Macroscopic fat within solid renal lesions does not exclude malignancy, evaluation of other radiologic features is necessary when RCC is suspected.
ISSN:	2214-4420 2214-4420
DOI:	10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101112