I am a biochemist working ironically for hematology lab for 28 years. We notify patients of sudden hemoglobin drops and here I was working till 7pm and 10pm had sharp stab on right side which felt like a muscle spasm which didn't ease up. My stomach area also swelled up and was hard. Upon arrival to ER, ultrasound was done and they found the largest angiomyolipoma they ever saw, occupying my whole right abdominal side up to my ribs, CT was just as horrible and done to find where bleeding was coming from. My hemoglobin dropped from 13.8 to 8.6 by 3pm the next day. I was given 2 bags of blood and hemoglobin stabilized at 11.0. Five days later, embolization was performed. I had postembolization syndrome and slowly pain lessened but 3 weeks later, hydroneprosis caused severe renal colic and my right kidney moved over to spinal cord. They operated to insert stent but found obstruction and couldn't place in side of back because of lipoma and possible bleed. Kidney functions 36 of 50 and new finding is UPJ obstruction. Could both the UPJ and tumor have caused hydronephrosis?
Does hydronephrosis go away in time on its own or stent needed, and will the tumor shrink with time...can you estimate how long that would take and would it affect organs just lying there for months? It liquified in small central area so far.(but grew from 10cm x 13 cm to 10cm x 16 cm).They said it was the biggest lipoma ever seen...can it turn cancerous???? Lipoma is part of kidney, to remove it is to remove right kidney and I am 48 yrs old, dr's don't want to do this. So far, they joked it's like having a pregnant kidney. I get bloated early eve. Also first scan didn't affect me, 2nd scan after injecting radioactive isotopes resulted one hour later in me having shakes, vomiting, and high temp of 39.6..they thought bacteremia and no association to scan reagent. Should I be scared to have another scan in a month...is it an allergic reaction or is it just coincidence? I returned back to work after 8 weeks off and no pain now. Thankyou for your response.