Tag: hamartomas

Epidermal nevi are a type of hamartomatous skin lesion that is characterised by an overgrowth of normal epidermal and adnexal structures. Yellowish-brown, granular, or papillomatuous plaques, often arranged in a linear or whorled form following Blaschko’s lines, are the clinical symptoms. These lesions are frequently visible at birth and...

Background: Extrarenal retroperitoneal angiomyolipomas are rare.  Aim: To review the literature. Results: Angiomyolipomas, previously classified as hamartomas, are now classified as benign tumours. Thirty cases of primary retroperitoneal angiomyolipomas have been reported. Diagnosis of the disease upon is based radiological and pathological findings of triphasic features of (a) fat...