CASE REPORT   

Journal of Radiological Review 2021 March;8(1):47-50

DOI: 10.23736/S2723-9284.20.00055-X

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language: English

Embolization of hemorrhagic lymphangioleiomyomatotis-associated angiomyolipoma

Gianvito CANDITA ¹ ✉, Alessandro MARCUCCI ¹, Chiara BOCCACCIO ¹, Ilaria CARAMELLA ²

¹ University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; ² University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

The treatment of renal angiomyolipoma (AML) in female patients with a concurrent diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a topical challenge in medicine. Renal AMLs occurring in patients with LAM are usually multiple, bilateral, fast-growing and present a high risk of life-threatening bleeding, whereby a nephron-sparing procedure is necessary in order to treat the lesion and to prevent the comparison of renal failure due to the treatment. The advent of selective artery embolization (SAE) represents a minimally invasive, effective and safe alternative to surgery or medical treatment.

KEY WORDS: Angiomyolipoma; Embolization, therapeutic; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis