A case of lipiduria after arterial embolization for renal angiomyolipomas

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2010 Jun;33(3):615-8. doi: 10.1007/s00270-010-9796-z. Epub 2010 Jan 20.

Abstract

We report the case of a 31-year-old woman who suffered lipiduria after selective transcatheter arterial embolization for renal angiomyolipoma (AML). Computed tomography confirmed cystic liquefactive necrosis with fat-fluid level in AML. Although the process by which AML fat tissue excretion occurs is not clear, we speculated that the infarcted AML was connected to the urinary collection duct system and subsequently its adipose component was excreted into the urine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Angiomyolipoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Angiomyolipoma / therapy*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Lipids / urine*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Lipids