Microaneurysms in renal angiomyolipomas: Can clinical and computed tomography features predict their presence and size?

Purpose: To evaluate clinical and multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) features associated with the presence and size of microaneurysms in renal angiomyolipomas (AMLs).

Materials And Methods: The MDCTs and digital subtraction angiographies (DSAs) of 31 patients who had further percutaneous arterial embolization of AMLs were retrospectively reviewed. They were 22 women and 9 men (mean age, 47.

[Upper parietal pleurectomy with resection of bullae by thoracoscopy in spontaneous pneumothorax. New perspectives from preliminary results in 20 cases].

In view of the increasing development of laparoscopic surgery and hoping to minimize thoracotomy's risks, we had the idea to perform pleurectomy as a treatment of Spontaneous Pneumothorax (S.P.) through video thoracoscopy.

[Transjejunal subpyelic cutaneous ureterostomy. A solution to upper urinary diversion in pelvic oncology].

In the operation described the second jejunal loop is isolated through an horizontal incision linking the tips of the 12 th ribs. The ends of the loop are then anastomosed with the sub-pyelic ureters and the resulting V-shaped conduit is brought to the skin. The main complication is a salt-deficiency syndrome due to the physiology of the isolated jejunal loop.