This 46 y/o female was referred to CT for evaluation of abdominal pain and microhematuria. Pre and post IV contrast images shown above demonstrate an enhancing mass projecting from the lower pole of the left kidney which has non contrast attenuation coefficients similar to adjacent normal kidney. Despite the suspicion of renal cell carcinoma an epithelioid angiomyolipoma was diagnosed pathologically after nephrectomy.
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