title: Spontaneous hemorrhagic angiomyolipoma present with massive hematuria leading to urgent nephrectomy.
abstract: Managing acute abdomen is a challenge for physicians in the emergency department. An immediate surgery is sometimes required for the hemorrhagic uropathy of renal angiomyolipoma. We present a case with left flank pain and findings of hematuria and pyuria. Abdominal and pelvic computed tomographic scans showed a 3 x 5-cm, fat-containing tumor at the left lower pole of the kidney and a bleeding and perirenal hematoma in the left perirenal space. An urgent left nephrectomy was lifesaving for the postoperative finding of renal angiomyolipoma. It is important to consider the possibility of the presence of such a tumor when spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage and hypovolemic shock are encountered.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Wanfang Medical Center, Taipei 116, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Li Wei
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Chiu-Mei
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Shin-Han
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011859:Radiography