Case Reports

A nontraumatic emergent abdominal vascular condition: Acute bleeding in renal angiomyolipoma: Case report

  • Uğur Toprak
  • Levent Altın
  • Aysun Erdoğan
  • Eşref Paşaoğlu
  • M. Alp Karademir

Received Date: 27.03.2006 Accepted Date: 16.05.2006 Med J Bakirkoy 2006;2(2):70-72

Spontaneous bleeding of renal tumor is an uncommon condition and the most frequent cause is angiomyolipoma. We report two cases of spontaneous bleeding of angiomyolipoma, presenting with sudden pain, hypotension, and shock.

Keywords: angiomyolipoma, bleeding, kidney, computerised tomography, pregnancy, trauma