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Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with angiomyolipoma. | Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with angiomyolipoma. Transcatheter arterial embolization is usually reserved for patients with complicated disease.<ref name="pmid2864852">{{cite journal| author=Lewis JH, Weingold AB| title=The use of gastrointestinal drugs during pregnancy and lactation. | journal=Am J Gastroenterol | year= 1985 | volume= 80 | issue= 11 | pages= 912-23 | pmid=2864852 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2864852 }} </ref> | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Faizan Sheraz, M.D. [2]
Overview
Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with angiomyolipoma. Transcatheter arterial embolization is usually reserved for patients with complicated disease.[1]
Surgery
Transcatheter Arterial Embolization
- Proximal Embolization
- These are appropriate for the occlusion of a large lumen without distal migration
- Distal Embolization
- These are appropriate for the occlusion of a large lumen with distal migration
- Palliative Embolization
- Embolization in patients with end-stage renal disease
References
- ↑ Lewis JH, Weingold AB (1985). "The use of gastrointestinal drugs during pregnancy and lactation". Am J Gastroenterol. 80 (11): 912–23. PMID 2864852.