Aorto-iliac steal syndrome. A rare case of renal hypoperfusion.

In aorto-iliac occlusive disease a diversion of blood flow from visceral arteries to lower limbs rarely occurs. This condition is known as aorto-iliac steal syndrome. This report is about the case of a male patient affected by chronic atherosclerotic occlusion of the aorta associated with an aorto-iliac steal supported by an anomalous vessel coming from the left renal artery to the homolateral external iliac artery to the detriment of the renal blood flow.

Extracranial carotid artery aneurysms.

Background: Extracranial carotid aneurysms are quite rare diseases. Their importance is linked both to critical localization and natural history which can lead to neurological events such as TIA and stroke. The importance of an accurate diagnosis is related to the necessity to carry out an early repair of these lesions and so to achieve the prevention of serious complications with minimal surgical risk.

Internal carotid pseudo-occlusion: early and late results.

Internal carotid pseudo-occlusion (ICP) is a pathology of difficult diagnostic evaluation and treatment in the group of extracranial carotid diseases. The authors report the results of 24 ICP(S) surgically treated in the last five years. No perioperative death was reported.