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Management of intratumoral pseudoaneurysm in a patient with bleeding renal angiomyolipoma
MR Barghi, MR Rahmani, HR Haghighatkhah, Amir Haji Mohammad Mehdi Arbab, NR Simaei, S Khoob
Department of Urology and Radiology, Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Amir Haji Mohammad Mehdi Arbab
Shohada Hospital-Tehran-Iran, Tehran - 1989934148,
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.24665
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Angiomyolipoma (AML) is the most common benign renal tumor and intratumoral pseudoaneurysms are not uncommon in this condition .The risk of hemorrhage correlates with the size of tumor and persistence of pseudoaneurysms. We report a case of hemorrhagic angiomyolipoma associated with intratumoral pseudoaneurysm which was embolized successfully. |
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