angiomyolipoma kidney tumour?

A few months ago I started getting uti symptoms which are still ongoing. I had an ultrasound last week and it picked up a 4mm shadow on my left kidney. The doctors report said they believe it’s a angiomyolipoma. I stopped googling this shortly after I started as it terrified me with things like haemorrhaging etc. I’m an otherwise healthy 35yo woman. Has anyone had experience with one of these? I’m going to be having further tests in the coming weeks so they can rule out other things. I can’t help feeling that 4mm is really small to give that diagnosis based on an ultrasound, it’s apparently quite a rare benign tumour. I’m just really scared and wanted to see if anyone out there’s had one of these and knows anything about these/kidney ultrasounds? Thank you x

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  • hi there 

    i was disgnosed with this last year too. I was told that its something i have probably had since haviing ny children and it wont kill me. The hospital said they will keep an eye on it and i only need to worry if it gets bigger. They seem to think it has been there years and is harmless if it doesnt grow. I was told it was an incidental find as they were looking for something else when they found it. I have just accepted it is there but i do not worry about it as it causes me no pain. Hopefully your results will be fine x

  •  cariad how did you go on with your angiomyolipoma  I have only just been diagnosed I'm a elderly  lady and really worried 

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