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Renal angiomyolipoma during pregnancy: Case report and literature review

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 s...

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Autores principales: Çetin, Cihan, Büyükkurt, Selim, Demir, Cansun, Evrüke, Cüneyt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5558375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28913054
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjod.32848
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author Çetin, Cihan
Büyükkurt, Selim
Demir, Cansun
Evrüke, Cüneyt
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Demir, Cansun
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description 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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spelling pubmed-55583752017-09-14 Renal angiomyolipoma during pregnancy: Case report and literature review Çetin, Cihan Büyükkurt, Selim Demir, Cansun Evrüke, Cüneyt Turk J Obstet Gynecol Case Report 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. Galenos Publishing 2015-06 2015-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5558375/ /pubmed/28913054 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjod.32848 Text en © Turkish Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology published by Galenos Publishing House. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Çetin, Cihan
Büyükkurt, Selim
Demir, Cansun
Evrüke, Cüneyt
Renal angiomyolipoma during pregnancy: Case report and literature review
title Renal angiomyolipoma during pregnancy: Case report and literature review
title_full Renal angiomyolipoma during pregnancy: Case report and literature review
title_fullStr Renal angiomyolipoma during pregnancy: Case report and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Renal angiomyolipoma during pregnancy: Case report and literature review
title_short Renal angiomyolipoma during pregnancy: Case report and literature review
title_sort renal angiomyolipoma during pregnancy: case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5558375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28913054
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjod.32848
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