PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Chakshu Gupta
AU  - Ashok K Malani
AU  - Vikram Gupta
AU  - Jaswinder Singh
AU  - Hussam Ammar
TI  - Metastatic retroperitoneal epithelioid angiomyolipoma
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.2006.039503
DP  - 2007 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 428--431
VI  - 60
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/60/4/428.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/60/4/428.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2007 Apr 01; 60
AB  - Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a rare benign neoplasm that usually arises in the kidneys, but may rarely originate in sites such as the retroperitoneum, liver and bone. It is characterised by an intimate admixture of blood vessels, smooth muscle and fat. This multiphasic composition allows for its recognition on ultrasound and CT scan examination. Metastases are exceedingly uncommon, and only one other case of metastatic extrarenal AML exists in the literature. Histological variants of AML such as epithelioid angiomyolipoma (EAML) are considered to be locally aggressive. A unique case of an EAML of the retroperitoneum that metastasised to the liver and bone in an 80-year-old woman is described.