Summary:
Case report of a 52-year-old woman with angiomyolipoma of the left kidney. The tumor had
appearance of a typical angiomyolipoma predominantly composed of spindle cells, some epithelio-
id cells and few large hyalinized vessels. Adipose tissue was concentrated into small foci. Unusual
presence of large cells with a clear fine granular cytoplasm closely resembled cells of the „sugar
tumor“ of the lung. Epithelioid cells and occasionaly spindle cells were HMB45 positive. A minori-
ty of cells also coexpressed S100 protein. Clear cells were usually strongly positive for HMB45 too.
Our findings supported consideration of a close relation between clear cell („sugar“) tumor of the
lung and angiomyolipoma.
Key words:
clear cell angiomyolipoma - kidney - clear cell tumor
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