[Angiomyolipoma of the kidney]

Kidney angiomyolipoma, although it is a benign tumour, may originate serious complications, which can endanger the patient's life. After a reviewing of the literature, the Authors show a case they had the opportunity to observe, in which it was necessary to perform the emergency nephrectomy. In the last years the modern diagnostical techniques allowed to precociously diagnose angiomyolipoma in preclinical stage, what suggests new therapeutical strategic.