Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Renal Angiomyolipoma.
- Author:
Yong Hee LEE
1
;
Dong Won MIN
;
Hyeon Joo JEONG
;
Kwang Gil LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Angiomyolipoma;
Aspiration cytology;
Kidney
- MeSH:
Adipocytes;
Angiomyolipoma*;
Biopsy, Fine-Needle*;
Carcinoma, Renal Cell;
Cytoplasm;
Diagnosis;
Epithelial Cells;
Kidney;
Myocytes, Smooth Muscle;
Needles;
Tuberous Sclerosis
- From:Korean Journal of Cytopathology
1994;5(1):65-70
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We describe a case of fine needle aspiration cytologyof renal angiomyolipoma which was not associated with the clinical complex of tuberous sclerosis and was incidentally found. It was a solitary lesion and the clinical impression before needle aspiration was renal cell carcinoma. The aspirated specimen showed mature fat cells, clusters of renal tubular epithelial cells and sheets of pleomorphic smooth muscle cells with fibrillary cytoplasm. The nuclei of smooth muscle cells varied in size and shape. Since the treatment of renal angiomyolipoma differs from that of renal cell carcinoma, the preoperative cytological diagnosis is of great value.
