Interventional Radiology - Case Report 2016

Emergency embolization of a bleeding renal angiomyolipoma using polyvinyl alcohol particles

  • Anjumara Bora
  • Abhijit Soni
  • Nisha Sainani
  • Deepak Patkar

Received Date: 30.04.2006 Accepted Date: 12.09.2006 Diagn Interv Radiol 2007;13(4):213-216

Angiomyolipomas (AMLs) are hamartomatous lesions consisting of abnormal blood vessels, smooth muscle, and adipose tissue. Bilateral AMLs invariably point to a diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). The risk of hemorrhage in AML is related to tumor size, growth of the tumor, hypervascularization, presence of aneurysms, and association with TSC. We report a case of a young male who presented with painless hematuria. He was diagnosed with bilateral renal AMLs on ultrasonography and computed tomography. The large bleeding lesions were identified by renal angiography and selectively embolized using polyvinyl alcohol particles. To the best of our knowledge, isolated use of polyvinyl alcohol particles has not been previously reported.

Keywords: angiomyolipoma • tuberous sclerosis • renal angiography • polyvinyl alcohol