Case Report
Retroperitoneal Extrarenal Angiomyolipomas: An Evidence-Based Approach to a Rare Clinical Entity
Table 1
All reported cases of extrarenal angiomyolipomas (1982–2011).
| Author | Location | N | Average age | Presenting symptoms |
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Demopoulos et al. [3] | Uterus | 7 | 51 | Pelvic pain, menometrorrhagia | Gutmann et al. [4] | Hard palate | 1 | 39 | Oral swelling |
Bures and Barnes [5] | Head | 2 | 25 | Enlarging mass |
Chen and Bauer [6] | Abdominal wall | 1 | 42 | Stress incontinence/abdominal pressure | Chaitin et al. [7] | Penis | 1 | 53 | Painless mass | Katz et al. [8] | Fallopian tube | 1 | 40 | Pelvic pain, menometrorrhagia | Miyahara et al. [9] | Liver | 18 | 50 | Epigastric tenderness | Dawlatly et al. [10] | Nasal cavity | 1 | 52 | Nasal obstruction/epistaxis |
Peh and Sivanesaratnam [11] and Chen [12] | Vagina | 2 | 46 | Lower abdominal swelling |
Castillenti and Bertin [13] | Spermatic cord | 1 | 26 | Testicular pain/scrotal swelling | Hikasa et al. [14] | Colon | 1 | 67 | melena |
Current case, Minja et al. | Retroperitoneum | 16 | 46 | Abdominal pain, flank pain |
| Total | | 52 | 44.75 (mean) | |
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