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Doctors can you tell me when should i have an angiomyolipoma renal tumor removed?
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Convenient time: Angiomyolipoma is a benign tumor which does not evolve to become malignant. If your physician is certain of the diagnosis, then it is not urgent for it to be removed. However, if there is any question about the diagnosis, then asap to make absolutely certain it is not a renal cell carcinoma.
Answered 8/8/2020
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Talk to urologist: Angiomyolipoma are benign tumors that have blood vessels in them that can burst and cause life threatening bleeding. The risk of this happening increases in ones that have a visible abnormal blood vessel (aneurysm) or are larger than 5 cm and these features may be a reason ton remove one preventatively. Other reasons to remove could be if one is decreasing kidney function or growing very fast.
Answered 7/6/2013
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