Pseudoaneurysm after spontaneous rupture of renal angiomyolipoma in tuberous sclerosis: successful treatment with percutaneous thrombin injection

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2005 Mar-Apr;28(2):262-4. doi: 10.1007/s00270-004-0154-x.

Abstract

We report a case of a large perinephric pseudoaneurysm due to spontaneous rupture of renal angiomyolipoma, occluded by percutaneous thrombin injection under ultrasound guidance in a young woman affected by tuberous sclerosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology*
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy
  • Angiomyolipoma / complications*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hemostatics / administration & dosage
  • Hemostatics / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications*
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Thrombin / administration & dosage
  • Thrombin / therapeutic use*
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed
  • Tuberous Sclerosis / complications*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional

Substances

  • Hemostatics
  • Thrombin