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Renal angiomyolipoma with calcification: CT–pathology correlation

¹ FMP Département d'Imagerie Médicale, 24 rue saint Victor, 75005 Paris, Hôpital Cochin Service, ² d'Anatomopathologie, ³ d'Urologie, 35 rue du faubourg St Jacques, 75014 Paris and ⁴ FMP Consultation de Médecine générale, 24 rue saint Victor, 75005 Paris, France

View larger version (154K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. CT of the angiomyolipoma of the left kidney without contrast medium injection: (a) fatty component (arrow); (b) solid nodule (double arrow); (c, d) calcification (arrowhead).

View larger version (136K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Histology ( x 40 haematoxylin anal eosin stain) at the level of the calcification visible on CT detail of the angiomyolipoma with the muscular and adipose components engulfed by focal fibrosis and a "scar" of osseous metaplasia.