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Angiomyolipoma
Investigators at Third Military Medical University have published new data on angiomyolipoma
April 21st, 2009
According to recent research from Chongqing, People's Republic of China, "Angiomyolipoma usually involves the kidney and rarely affects the liver. This study reports a case of angiomyolipoma of the liver in a 47-year-old Chinese woman." "The patient did not present with abdominal pain and jaundice. Imaging showed a small mass in the right liver. The hepatic artery and portal vein were free from invasion. Partial hepatectomy was performed after a tentative diagnosis of clear cell carcinoma of the liver by needle biopsy. Histopathological examination of the resected specimen revealed angiomyolipoma originating in the liver, The post-operative clinical course was...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-21)
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