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DABOIN HIDALGO, IRAIDA; DEROI, FRANK; VEGAS, YSMAEL  e  RIGUEIRA, MANUEL. Kidney Angiomyolipoma. A tumor that chang es the patient prognosis. Saber [online]. 2016, vol.28, n.2, pp.353-358. ISSN 2343-6468.

Angiomyolipoma is a benign mesenchymal tumor consisting of smooth muscle, adipose tissue and thinwalled blood vessels that has an aberrant hamartomatous distribution . Its most common location is renal, with an incidence in the general population of 0.1% to 0.3%. It can occur in the context of tuberous sclerosis or isolated. This tumor is often asymptomatic and it has been reported that up to 60% of cases are only accidentally diagnosed by radiological s creening for some other pathology. The treatment is usually conservative leaving nephrectomy for cases of large tumor mass.

Palavras-chave : Benign renal tumor; nephrectomy.