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- Title
Acute renal hemorrhage in a case of solitary congenital kidney and renal angiomyolipoma.
- Authors
Stern, Cristian; Grasu, Mugur C.; Lupescu, Ioana G.
- Abstract
Renal angiomyolipoma is the most common solid renal mass arising from the mesenchymal elements of the kidney. The complications include acute renal hemorrhage, one of the most common clinical urological emergencies. We present the case of a 64-year-old female patient with nonspecific general symptoms, known with solitary left congenital kidney and renal angiomyolipoma. The contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) allowed to detect the presence of renal hematoma with active bleeding from an arterial feeding vessel, and the presence of intratumoral fat. Renal angiography via right femoral approach with digital subtraction acquisitions (DSA) demonstrated active bleeding within the lesion; the embolization of the feeding arterial vessel with multiple tornado-type metallic coils was performed with subsequent reduction of blood flow. CECT studies are essential for a proper management of complicated renal angiomyolipomas. Endovascular therapy is a viable, minimally invasive alternative to classical nephrectomy for the control of renal bleeding.
- Subjects
ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; KIDNEYS; HEMORRHAGE; ENDOVASCULAR surgery; BLOOD flow; COMPUTED tomography
- Publication
Oncolog-Hematolog, 2022, Issue 58, p38
- ISSN
2066-8716
- Publication type
Article