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Male. 34yrs old with angiomyolipoma on kidney. treatment? what it is associated with? surgery? risks? lower back pain intermittently.
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See below: It may not need treatment and be just followed by imaging to ensure that it is not growing. If treatment is needed, it need not be invasive surgery, the lesion could be treated by embolizing the blood vessel. See this site for more information on this topic: http://www.urology-textbook.com/angiomyolipoma-kidney.html
Answered 7/23/2017
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