1. Endovascular Treatment of a Complex Renal Artery Aneurysm Using Coils and the Pipeline Embolization Device in a Patient with a Solitary Kidney.
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Adrahtas D, Jasinski P, Koullias G, Fiorella D, and Tassiopoulos AK
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- Adult, Aneurysm diagnostic imaging, Computed Tomography Angiography, Female, Humans, Kidney abnormalities, Prosthesis Design, Renal Artery diagnostic imaging, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Aneurysm surgery, Embolization, Therapeutic instrumentation, Endovascular Procedures instrumentation, Kidney blood supply, Stents
- Abstract
Background: We report a case of endovascular treatment of a complex renal artery aneurysm using the Pipeline Embolization Device, a flow diverting stent which is indicated for the treatment of large and giant cerebral aneurysms., Methods: A forty-year-old female with medically refractory hypertension and congenital agenesis of the right kidney was found to have a 2.8-cm left superior renal artery branch aneurysm. The patient was treated successfully using the Pipeline Embolization Device (Medtronic, Irvine, CA) with coil embolization of the aneurysm and of one outflow vessel., Results: On 3-year follow-up, her renal function was normal, vascular imaging showed complete occlusion of the aneurysm, and physiological remodeling of the reconstructed artery and parenchymal imaging showed no evidence of renal infarction., Conclusion: Flow diverting stents are a valuable treatment option for visceral aneurysms with complex anatomy., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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