Renal AML with inferior vena cava thrombus treated by workbench surgery and autotransplantation

Abstract

Renal angiomyolipoma may sometimes require surgical intervention. In this paper, we present a case of renal angiomyolipoma which infiltrated the sinus and extended into the inferior vena cava. He was successfully treated with a combined approach of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy, extracorporeal workbench tumor resection, and autotransplantation. Three months postoperatively, no evidence of tumor recurrence or presence of thrombus in the inferior vena cava was noted. Our experience represents the successful application of a combined nephron-sparing approach in the management of angiomyolipoma with extension into a major blood vessel.

Keywords:

• Autotransplantation
• nephron-sparing surgery
• renal angiomyolipoma
• thrombus

Acknowledgements

This work was supported in part by Award Number 2013SY027 from the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning and Award Number 2012206 from the Bureau of Health of Shanghai.

Declaration of interest

None declared