[Non-ischemic tumor enucleation for renal angiomyolipoma: a case report].
A case of renal angiomyolipoma, successfully treated with non-ischemic tumor enucleation, is reported. A 16-year-old Japanese female visited another hospital with a chief complaint of general fatigue. She was diagnosed with angiomyolipoma of the right kidney, 7 cm in the long axis, which developed exteriorly at the lower pole. A nephrectomy was recommended. The patient visited us for a second opinion. We judged that nephron-sparing surgery was applicable to this case. The patient underwent non-ischemic tumor enucleation using a microwave tissue coagulator via retroperitoneal approach. The patient was discharged from our hospital 9 days after the surgery. Since a preoperative diagnosis with renal angiomyolipoma can be obtained relatively easily, maximum efforts for nephron-sparing surgery should be made.
Aoki
Katsuya
K
Department of Urology, Nara Prefectural Nara Hospital.
Yamaguchi
Akira
A
Shimizu
Kazuhiro
K
Hirayama
Akihide
A
Fukui
Yoshihisa
Y
Samma
Shoji
S
D000293:Adolescent; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000601:surgery*; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008872:Microwaves / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*