title: Renal angiomyolipomas in tuberous sclerosis--rare but potentially life-threatening lesions.
abstract: We discuss an 18-year-old girl, diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis complex and known to have renal angiomyolipomas (AMLs) but having no regular urological follow-up, who presented with left-sided abdominal pain and haematuria on urine dipstick testing at the out-of-hours General Practitioner (GP) service. She was diagnosed as having urinary tract infection/pyelonephritis and discharged with simple analgesia and antibiotics. Subsequent imaging of her renal tract demonstrated multiple large AMLs with evidence of recent bleeding, which required arterial embolisation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, UK. adnanazim@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azim
authors.forename: Govindaraj
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rajkumar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications