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  • Title: Traumatic rupture of angiomyolipoma: a case report.
    Author: Gomes Almeida F, Reis J, Ribeiro AM.
    Journal: Arch Esp Urol; 2000 Apr; 53(3):286-9. PubMed ID: 10851739.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of traumatic rupture of renal angiomyolipoma (AML). METHODS: The images and clinical data of the present case are presented. RESULTS: A rare case with exuberant clinical presentation of a perirenal hematoma resulting from traumatic rupture of renal AML is presented with a brief review of the role of ultrasound (US) and body-CT in the diagnosis of this pathology and its complications. CONCLUSIONS: Whenever there is a collection detected by US in the various anatomic renal spaces, in a patient with flank pain and low hemoglobin shortly after abdominal trauma, it is advisable to perform abdominal CT and search for a hematoma. Small amounts of fat, detected by US and body-CT, may lead to the diagnosis of an underlying AML that can rupture, even in the case minor forces are applied to the kidney.
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