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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2], Faizan Sheraz, M.D. [3]

Overview

Pathophysiology

  • May be associated with tuberous sclerosis -- 70% have an AML.
    • When compared to sporadic cases:
      • More often bilateral.
      • Usually bigger.
    • Reported to often have estrogen and progesterone receptors - in the context of lymphangioleiomyomatosis.[1]
  • There is a suggestion that an epithelioid variant is more worrisome.[2]
    • This is not confirmed by all studies.[3]
  • More common in women than men - both in sporadic AMLs and those associated with tuberous sclerosis.[4]

Gross

  • Well circumscribed - uniform yellow.

Since all three components of an angiomyolipoma (vascular cells, immature smooth muscle cells and fat cells) contain a "second hit" mutation, they are believed to have derived from a common progenitor cell that suffered the common second hit mutation. Angiomyolipomas are members of the perivascular epithelioid cells tumour group (PEComas) and are composed of variable amounts of three components;blood vessels (-angio), plump spindle cells (-myo) and adipose tissue (-lipo). Almost all classic angiomyolipomas are benign but they do have the risk of rupture with bleeding or secondary damage/destruction of surrounding structures as they grow.

Variants

There is a special variant called an epithelioid angiomyolipoma, composed of more plump, epithelial looking cells, often with nuclear atypia, that have a described risk of malignant behaviour. This variant, unlike conventional AMLs, may mimic renal cell carcinoma.10 Metastases have also been described 9.

Microscopic Pathology

Microscopic

Features:

  • Smooth muscle.
  • Adipose tissue - not always present[5] - key feature.
  • Abundant blood vessels.

1. Histopathologic image of renal angiomyolipoma. Nephrectomy specimen. H & E stain. 2. Histopathologic image of renal angiomyolipoma. Nephrectomy specimen. The same case as demonstrated in "Image 1". H & E stain. 3. Histopathologic image of renal angiomyolipoma. Nephrectomy specimen. The same case as demonstrated in "Image 1". H & E stain. 4. Histopathologic image of renal angiomyolipoma. Nephrectomy specimen. The same case as demonstrated in "Image 1". HMB-45 immunostain.

Cytologic

Features[5]

  • Nuclei - round/ovoid.
  • Chromatin - bland.==IHC==
  • Melanocytic markers +ve.[6]
    • HMB-45 +ve in all cases (15/15).[7]
    • Melan A +ve in ~87% of cases (13/15).
  • Epithelial markers -ve[6], e.g. EMA and AE1/AE3.
  • SMA +ve.
  • CD117 +ve/-ve.
  • Ki-67:[8]
    • Epithelioid variant of AML +ve.
    • Conventional AML -ve.


References

  1. Logginidou, H.; Ao, X.; Russo, I.; Henske, EP. (2000). "Frequent estrogen and progesterone receptor immunoreactivity in renal angiomyolipomas from women with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis". Chest. 117 (1): 25–30. PMID 10631194. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. Nelson, CP.; Sanda, MG. (2002). "Contemporary diagnosis and management of renal angiomyolipoma". J Urol. 168 (4 Pt 1): 1315–25. doi:10.1097/01.ju.0000028200.86216.b2. PMID 12352384. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. Aydin, H.; Magi-Galluzzi, C.; Lane, BR.; Sercia, L.; Lopez, JI.; Rini, BI.; Zhou, M. (2009). "Renal angiomyolipoma: clinicopathologic study of 194 cases with emphasis on the epithelioid histology and tuberous sclerosis association". Am J Surg Pathol. 33 (2): 289–97. doi:10.1097/PAS.0b013e31817ed7a6. PMID 18852677. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. Rakowski SK, Winterkorn EB, Paul E, Steele DJ, Halpern EF, Thiele EA (2006). "Renal manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex: Incidence, prognosis, and predictive factors". Kidney Int. 70 (10): 1777–82. doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001853. PMID 17003820. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Crapanzano, JP. (2005). "Fine-needle aspiration of renal angiomyolipoma: cytological findings and diagnostic pitfalls in a series of five cases". Diagn Cytopathol. 32 (1): 53–7. doi:10.1002/dc.20179. PMID 15584043. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
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  7. Esheba, Gel S.; Esheba, Nel S. (2013). "Angiomyolipoma of the kidney: clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study". J Egypt Natl Canc Inst. 25 (3): 125–34. doi:10.1016/j.jnci.2013.05.002. PMID 23932749. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  8. Ooi, SM.; Vivian, JB.; Cohen, RJ. (2009). "The use of the Ki-67 marker in the pathological diagnosis of the epithelioid variant of renal angiomyolipoma". Int Urol Nephrol. 41 (3): 559–65. doi:10.1007/s11255-008-9473-1. PMID 18839327.

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