Rupture of renal angiomyolipoma during pregnancy: a case report
Komeya, M.; Matsumoto, T.; Fujinami, K.; Senga, Y.; Asakura, T.; Goto, A.
Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica 56(5): 261-264
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0018-1994 PMID: 20519923 Document Number: 645353
A 39-year-old woman, who was followed because of a 4 cm asymptomatic angiomyolipoma (AML) in the left kidney, presented with an acute onset of lower left back pain in the 38th week of her first pregnancy. An ultrasound revealed an 8 cm mass suggestive of AML rupture and retroperitoneal hemorrhage. An emergency caesarean delivery was performed. A post-delivery computed tomographic scan confirmed the AML rupture and selective embolization was performed. This was a case in which the AML grew rapidly during the pregnancy ; therefore, we discuss the relationship between AML and pregnancy.