title: Renal Angiomyolipoma With Caval Extension and Pulmonary Fat Embolism: A Case Report.
abstract: Renal angiomyolipoma (AML) is a rare benign tumor of the kidney. Occasionally, it may extend into the renal vein or the inferior vena cava (IVC), but so far of pulmonary embolism in patients with renal AML was rarely reported. Here, a case of symptomatic pulmonary embolism secondary to AML that was placed IVC filter before the operation and then treated with radical nephrectomy is reported.This case highlights the rare possibility of renal vein and IVC involvement with symptomatic pulmonary fat embolism in renal AML, which may potentially result in fatal complications if not appropriately and cautiously managed with surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: From the Ankara University School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Ankara, Turkey (SUC, AFK, OAC, IA); Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Kayseri, Turkey (YS); and Ankara University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey (EDA).
authors.forename: Suleyman Utku
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Akin Firat
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Kocaay
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sevim
authors.forename: Omer Arda
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Cetinkaya
authors.forename: Ebru Dusunceli
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Atman
authors.forename: Iskender
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alacayir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*