5/14/2018

MELANIA: “Melania Trump underwent a procedure Monday [5-14-18] morning to treat a benign kidney condition and will likely be hospitalized for the rest of the week, the White House said. President Donald Trump was expected to visit his wife at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center just outside Washington later Monday, according to a White House official who was not authorized to disclose the plan and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said the embolization procedure on the 48-year-old first lady was successful and there were no complications. The president spoke with Mrs. Trump before the procedure and with her doctor afterward, the first lady’s office said. The White House did not offer any additional details on Mrs. Trump’s condition. The president had no public appearances scheduled for Monday…Two urologists who have no personal knowledge of Mrs. Trump’s condition said the most likely explanation is a kind of noncancerous kidney tumor called an angiomyolipoma. They’re not common but tend to occur in middle-aged women, and if they become large enough, they can cause problematic bleeding, said Dr. Keith Kowalczyk of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.”

Darlene Superville, “Melania Trump in hospital for treatment of kidney condition,” The Associated Press, May 14, 2018