Management of bleeding renal angiomyolipomas by transcatheter embolization following CT diagnosis.
Renal angiomyolipomas are commonly associated with spontaneous hemorrhage which can be life-threatening and may require radical nephrectomy for control of hemorrhage. Transcatheter embolization was used in 2 cases of spontaneously bleeding angiomyolipomas; permanent control was achieved in 1 case and temporary control in the other. This more conservative approach was made possible by our ability to diagnose these benign renal tumors confidently using computed tomography.
D000368:Aged; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008067:Lipoma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014546:Urinary Catheterization