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Angiomyolipoma causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Faizan Sheraz, M.D. [2], Rekha, M.D.

Overview

Angiomyolipoma is caused by a mutation in the TSC1 gene. It can also be caused by a defect in TSC2 gene.

Causes

Genetic Causes

References

  1. Siroky BJ, Yin H, Dixon BP, Reichert RJ, Hellmann AR, Ramkumar T; et al. (2014). “Evidence for pericyte origin of TSC-associated renal angiomyolipomas and implications for angiotensin receptor inhibition therapy”. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 307 (5): F560–70. doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00569.2013. PMC 4868369. PMID 24920756.
  2. Walsh SN, Sangüeza OP (2009). “PEComas: a review with emphasis on cutaneous lesions”. Semin Diagn Pathol. 26 (3): 123–30. PMID 20043511.
  3. Martignoni G, Pea M, Reghellin D, Zamboni G, Bonetti F (2008). “PEComas: the past, the present and the future”. Virchows Arch. 452 (2): 119–32. doi:10.1007/s00428-007-0509-1. PMC 2234444. PMID 18080139.

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