Diagnostic Challenge of Renal Angiomyolomas

Citation: Singh S, Karan D and Ismail I. (2017). Diagnostic Challenge of Renal Angiomyolomas. M J Case. 2(2): 033. INTRODUCTION Renal angiomyolipomas (AML) are benign neoplasms, arising from perivascular epithelioid cells [1]. They are very rare tumors and are strongly associated with tuberous sclerosis. Their incidence in the general population is very low, approximately 0.3-2.4%, and were described as first time in 1880 by Bourneville and Brissard. Most patients with renal AML are asymptomatic [2]. The dreaded complication is spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage. Due to that, prophylactic surgery is recommended to prevent hemorrhage in patients with tumor size larger than 8 cm in diameter [3, 4]. Here we describe a young woman who presented with severe abdominal pain and was found to have underlying renal angiomyolipoma complicated with active hemorrhage.