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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:2201-2203
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Surgical Management of a Giant Thoracic Angiomyolipoma

William L. Holman, MDa,*, Lisa Diethelm, MDd, Audrey J. Lazenby, MDc, Thomas S. Winokur, MDc, Ralph T. Lyerly, III, MDb, Robert J. Cerfolio, MDa

a Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
b Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
c Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
d Department of Radiology; Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, Louisiana

Accepted for publication December 28, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Holman, Room 719, 703 19th St South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007 (Email: wholman{at}uab.edu).

This report describes the surgical management of a tumor that filled the left chest of a 58-year-old man. Histopathologic examination showed that this was an angiomyolipoma, a tumor that most commonly occurs in the kidney. The preoperative evaluation and intraoperative management are presented, along with a brief review of this unusual neoplasm.






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