Surgical management of a giant thoracic angiomyolipoma.

Holman, William L; Diethelm, Lisa; Lazenby, Audrey J; Winokur, Thomas S; Lyerly, Ralph T; Cerfolio, Robert J · Ann Thorac Surg · 2007

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

This report describes the surgical management of a tumor that filled the left chest of a 58-year-old man. Histopathologic examination showed that this was an angiomyolipoma, a tumor that most commonly occurs in the kidney. The preoperative evaluation and intraoperative management are presented, along with a brief review of this unusual neoplasm.

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