Angiomiolipoma renal: relato de caso de rotura espontânea e hemorragia intra-abdominal
Renal angiomyolipoma: report of case with spontaneous rupture and intra-abdominal hemorrhage
Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 21 (1), 1994
Publication year: 1994
Angiomyolipoma is a rare tumor of the kidney. It consists of smooth muscle, thickwall blood vessels and adipose tissue. It has two distinct clinical presentations. One more common associated with tuberous sclerosis, with small, bilateral and assymptomatic tumors. The tumors not associated with tuberous sclerosis are large and symptomatic. We describe a patient with spontaneous rupture, with infra-abdominal hemorrhage, of a large angiomyolipoma of the left kidney. The diagnosis and treatment of this rare tumor are discussed