Endovascular therapy for patients with renal angiomyolipoma presenting with retroperitoneal haemorrhage

Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2010 Jun;39(6):739-44. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.12.015. Epub 2010 Jan 21.

Abstract

We report our experience treating four patients with acutely bleeding angiomyolipoma (AML) of sizes between 4 and 12 cm who were managed with endovascular embolisation with a mean follow-up of 10 months. In our case series, we demonstrate that endovascular embolisation in the acute setting for bleeding AMLs is a viable treatment option. AML should be in the differential diagnosis of acutely bleeding renal masses, even when there is no fat assessed by computed tomography (CT) imaging in the renal mass.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Angiomyolipoma / complications
  • Angiomyolipoma / diagnosis
  • Angiomyolipoma / therapy*
  • Catheterization / methods*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Hemorrhage / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Kidney Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephrectomy
  • Retroperitoneal Space
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed