Renal angiomyolipoma (hamartoma). Profuse retroperitoneal hemorrhage caused by benign kidney tumour.
A case of renal angiomyolipoma in a 38-year-old female is reported. The chief symptoms were abdominal pain and hypovolemia caused by massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage. A brief survey is given of the pathology, symptomatology, and the diagnostic possibilities with special reference to the radiologic diagnosis.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space