Renal Angiomyolipoma Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin

• 作者: Kenneth A. Iczkowski Manisha Bhide Patricia Bolshoun Shandra Wilson
• 来源期刊: 泌尿学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: FEVER ANEMIA Elevated ESR Renal Mass ANGIOMYOLIPOMA Tuberous SCLEROSIS IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY
• 年，卷（期）: 2012,（3）
• 页码范围: 144-146
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

A 50 yr man presented with fatigue and fever. He was found to have a 7.2 cm left renal mass. Radical nephrectomy was done. The mass was HMB-45 negative renal angiomyolipoma. This patient did not have tuberous sclerosis. His fever resolved after the tumor excision. This case is unique because of the unusual morphology and histology of the tumor. It reiterates that getting rid of inflammatory cytokines being produced by the tumor will cause resolution of fever.