Angiomyolipoma

Last revised by Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod on 9 May 2023

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Ranchod A, Jabaz D, et al. Angiomyolipoma. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-68892

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-68892

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/68892

rID:

68892

Article created:

18 Jun 2019, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

9 May 2023, Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod ◉

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At the time the article was last revised Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

7 times, by 6 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Urogenital

Synonyms:

Angiomyolipomas
AML - general
Angiomyolipoma - general

Angiomyolipomas (AMLs) refer to hamartomatous lesions composed of abnormal, thick-walled vessels (angio-) and varying amounts of smooth muscle–like cells (-myo-) and adipose tissue (-lipoma). They predominantly occur in the kidney (renal angiomyolipoma) but occasionally occur in other organs such as the liver (hepatic angiomyolipoma).

Very rarely they can occur in unusual locations such as