Spontaneously bleeding renal hemangioma treated by embolization

: Until 1990, a total of 198 cases of renal haemangiomas have been reported; these patients often have to undergo partial or total nephrectomy. We report a case of a 37 year old female admitted with severe haematuria. Selective renal angiography revealed a haemangioma with arteriovenous shunting, situated centrally in her left kidney. Embolization of the artery supplying the shunt was performed with five coils, and four months later isotope renography showed that both kidneys were functioning equally well. The only observed side-effect was mild hypertension.