An Unusual Manifestation of Renal Angiomyolipoma: Pulmonary Fat Embolism

Renal angiomyolipoma (AML) is the most common benign renal mesenchymal tumors. AMLs are usually asymptomatic and frequently affect women. Only epithelioid variant has malignant potential. Although life-threatening complications related to retroperitoneal bleeding and massive hematuria are possible,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.) N.J.), 2015-09, Vol.86 (3), p.e13-e15
Hauptverfasser:	Hamidi, Nurullah, Suer, Evren, Gokce, Mehmet Ilker, Alacayir, Iskender, Atasoy, Cetin, Kankaya, Duygu, Kirmizi, Ayca, Telli, Onur, Baltaci, Sumer
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Angiomyolipoma - complications Angiomyolipoma - diagnosis Angiomyolipoma - surgery Embolism, Fat - diagnosis Embolism, Fat - etiology Embolism, Fat - surgery Female Humans Kidney Neoplasms - complications Kidney Neoplasms - diagnosis Kidney Neoplasms - surgery Pulmonary Embolism - diagnosis Pulmonary Embolism - etiology Pulmonary Embolism - surgery Urology
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Zusammenfassung:	Renal angiomyolipoma (AML) is the most common benign renal mesenchymal tumors. AMLs are usually asymptomatic and frequently affect women. Only epithelioid variant has malignant potential. Although life-threatening complications related to retroperitoneal bleeding and massive hematuria are possible, it is often detected incidentally. Pulmonary embolism as the first symptom is extremely rare. Herein, we present a case of renal AML who admitted with pulmonary embolism symptoms.
ISSN:	0090-4295 1527-9995
DOI:	10.1016/j.urology.2015.05.016