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Renal angiomyolipoma during pregnancy: Case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Cihan Çetin,
Selim Büyükkurt,
Cansun Demir,
Cüneyt Evrüke
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of turkish society of obstetric and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1307-7007
pISSN - 1307-699X
DOI - 10.4274/tjod.32848
Subject(s) - tuberous sclerosis , medicine , pregnancy , angiomyolipoma , lymphangioleiomyomatosis , nephrectomy , complication , gestation , surgery , obstetrics , radiology , kidney , genetics , biology
Renal angiomyolipoma is a rare tumor that can be either sporadic or found together with tuberous sclerosis or pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. These tumors are hormone sensitive and therefore tend to grow during pregnancy and their main complication is the risk of rupture. Optimal management is still controversial because there are very few cases reported in the literature. We expect that the case of our patient, who delivered her baby vaginally at 36 weeks of gestation and underwent definitive treatment (nephrectomy) thereafter, to further enhance the knowledge about the management of these rare tumors during pregnancy.

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