Angiomyolipomas in tuberous sclerosis: subselective embolotherapy with alcohol, with long-term follow-up study.
The use of subselective renal artery embolotherapy with absolute alcohol, using balloon occlusion to prevent backflow, is described in treating three hemorrhaging angiomyolipomas in two patients with tuberous sclerosis. Embolotherapy was chosen to treat the extensive hemorrhage and to spare the normal renal parenchyma. Literature reports of this treatment are reviewed, indicating it is one of the best methods for achieving a safe, permanent, and complete ablation.
D000293:Adolescent; D004106:Dilatation; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications
D000431:Ethanol