ABSTRACT
We reviewed the cases of angiomyolipoma that had been diagnosed and treated in our urology services from 1978 to 1991. The study showed a higher incidence in the females; it frequently presented as a solitary tumor; a high specificity was found for the US (hyperechoic mass) and CT (areas of low attenuation ratio) findings. Owing to these diagnostic techniques, conventional surgery is no longer the only treatment. Embolization is considered to be the first therapeutic approach.
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Hemangioma/diagnosis , Kidney Neoplasms/diagnosis , Lipoma/diagnosis , Adult , Aged , Combined Modality Therapy , Embolization, Therapeutic , Female , Hemangioma/surgery , Humans , Kidney/diagnostic imaging , Kidney Neoplasms/surgery , Lipoma/surgery , Male , Middle Aged , Nephrectomy , Radiography , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
Five cases of clinically severe arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) secondary to percutaneous renal biopsy in patients carrying a functional renal graft were diagnosed and treated in our centre. Occlusion via superselective intraarterial embolization accomplished successful control in every case. We insist on the therapeutical value of this minimally invasive technique, which furnish it with a particularly relevant role in renal transplantation.
