Abstract
A 22-year-old female presented with back pain and was discovered to have a right-sided abdominal mass. Computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a 9 cm enhancing right upper pole renal mass with suspicion for tumor thrombus into the right renal vein and possibly the inferior vena cava (IVC). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed tumor thrombus into the inferior vena cava approximately 3 cm below the hepatic venous confluence. Open right radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava thrombectomy was performed with removal of right kidney and tumor thrombus en bloc. Pathology revealed malignant epithelioid angiomyolipoma (EAML or PEComa). Epithelioid angiomyolipoma is a rare tumor of mesenchymal tissue that has the potential for local invasion and disease progression. Diagnosis of EAML was confirmed by pathology and immunohistochemistry. She was referred to medical oncology for discussion of surveillance versus potential adjuvant therapy and ultimately opted for close surveillance.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/730369
Repository Citation
Grant, Campbell; Lacy, John M.; and Strup, Stephen E, "A 22-Year-Old Female with Invasive Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma and Tumor Thrombus into the Inferior Vena Cava: Case Report and Literature Review" (2013). Surgery Faculty Publications. 15.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/surgery_facpub/15
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Case Reports in Urology, v. 2013, article ID 730369, p. 1-3.
Copyright © 2013 Campbell Grant et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.