%0 Journal Article
%T Giant Calcified Renal Artery Aneurysm: Traditional RX versus Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography
%A Mauro Gacci
%A Omar Saleh
%A Annalisa Mantella
%A Leonidas Azas
%A Paola Romagnani
%A Andrea Minervini
%A Sergio Serni
%A Marco Carini
%J Advances in Computed Tomography
%P 20-22
%@ 2169-2483
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/act.2013.21004
%X <span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" ?=\"\">A 65-year-old woman with no history of previous flank trauma, renal stone or upper urinary tract infections,</span><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\" ?=\"\"> </span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" ?=\"\">presented for flank pain and left hydro-uretero-nephrosis seven days after hysterectomy. Percutaneous pielography revealed nar</span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" ?=\"\">owing of the distal ureter, without endoureteral mass. The plain abdomen film incidentally showed a 3</span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" ?=\"\">-</span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" ?=\"\">cm calcified ring on the left renal shadow, who resulted external to the collecting system at pielography. A 3-dimensional</span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" ?=\"\">-</span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" ?=\"\">CT scan with angiographic reconstruction revealed a 3</span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" ?=\"\">-</span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" ?=\"\">cm calcified renal artery aneurysm. The vascular surgeon suggested a watchful waiting. The patient underwent ureteral reimplantation with ureteral stenting, allowing a complete recovery of iatrogenic stenosis two months postoperatively.</span>
%K Renal Artery Aneurysm
%K 3D-CT
%K Angiographic Reconstruction
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=28577