title: Endovascular therapy for patients with renal angiomyolipoma presenting with retroperitoneal haemorrhage.
abstract: We report our experience treating four patients with acutely bleeding angiomyolipoma (AML) of sizes between 4 and 12 cm who were managed with endovascular embolisation with a mean follow-up of 10 months. In our case series, we demonstrate that endovascular embolisation in the acute setting for bleeding AMLs is a viable treatment option. AML should be in the differential diagnosis of acutely bleeding renal masses, even when there is no fat assessed by computed tomography (CT) imaging in the renal mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health System, Box 800170, Lee Street, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Incedayi
authors.forename: U C
authors.initials: UC
authors.lastname: Turba
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sabri
authors.forename: W E A
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Saad
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Angle
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed