Renal artery embolization for kidney trauma.

Kidney trauma occurs in approximately 1-5% of all traumas with the male to female ratio being 3:1. In this paper we reported two cases of male patients with kidney trauma treated by renal artery embolization. Endo-vascular embolization is an efficient method for the treatment of patient with severe renal haemorrhage preserving loss of renal parenchyma and renal function.

Spontaneous rupture of renal angiomyolipoma in pregnancy at 15 weeks gestation.

Renal angiomyolipoma (AML) is a rare bening tumor of kidney origin. It is majority comprised adipose tissue, blood vesses and smooth muscle. We report a case of a spontaneous rupture of renal angiomyolipoma in a 37-year-old pregnant woman.