Zor M, Demir O, Yavan I, Cuce F, Gurdal M

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INTRODUCTION

Angiomyolipoma are relatively rare benign mesenchymal neoplasms that derive from perivascular epitheloid cells. These tumors may occur in a sporadic form or as a part of systemic diseases especially with tuberosclerosis.
Compatible with its name, tumor consists of three components: smooth muscle cells, adipose tissue, and blood vessels. It is mostly seen in kidney, and rare extrarenal lesions mostly involve liver. Extrarenal retroperitoneal angiomyolipomas (ERAML) are extremely rare. It poses a diagnostic problem by mimicking other retroperitoneal tumors.
In our current study, we reported an AML located adjacent to left adrenal gland mimicking adrenal neoplasm.

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