Renal Angiomyolipoma With Caval Extension and Pulmonary Fat Embolism. Issue 31 (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Celik, Suleyman Utku; Kocaay, Akin Firat; Sevim, Yusuf; Cetinkaya, Omer Arda; Atman, Ebru Dusunceli; Alacayir, Iskender; Perbinder, Grewal.
• Is Part Of: Medicine. Volume 94:Issue 31(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Périodiques; Geneeskunde; Medicine; Periodicals; Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000001078
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-7974

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title>Abstract</title> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> </sec> </abstract>