Huge Renal Angiomyolipoma Presenting with Bleeding in a 76-Year-Old Woman

Abstract

Renal angiomyolipoma is a rare, benign and hypervascular tumour. Its symptoms may be acute, with severe bleeding, or protracted, few and reccurrent, due to bleeding and pressure. A symptomatic case is presented. The patient seems to be the oldest on record, and with the longest-lasting symptoms and the biggest tumour.

Key words:

• solitary renal angiomyolipoma
• intratumoral bleeding