Term: angiomyolipoma
Literally meaning: “growth of lipoid vessel”
Origin: Anc Greek
αγγείο/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > άγγος/aggos(=tube)
+(-ωμα)/(-oma)=suffix denoting state
or condition of mass growth
Coined/History
Grawitz
coined the term angio-myo-lipoma der niere in 1900 to accurately describe this
tumor for the first time.
Source
Grawitz P. Demonstration
eines grossen Angio-Myo-Lipomas der Niere. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 26: 290, 1900.
Definition
Angiomyolipoma is the most common benign tumour of
the kidney consisting mainly by adipose
tissue, smooth muscle cells and vascular tissue. Small lesions are asympomatic
and the most common symptom is the abdominal pain and shock due to haemorrhage
The incidence of angiomyolipoma is usually quoted as less than 1% of surgically
excited renal tumours.
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