Publications by authors named "Vincenzo Magnano San Lio"

In medical practice, the retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies (IFBs) represents a challenge and often requires a multidisciplinary approach. We report a case of a 65-year-old male patient with a metallic guide wire extended from the right subclavian artery to the left ventricle. An interventional radiology team employed the "trap technique", with a combination of a retrieval device and angiographic catheters, which results crucial in this case.

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A peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) is a dilatation involving all 3-vessel wall layers (the intima, media, and adventitia) of a distal pulmonary artery. It represents a rare but potentially life-threatening condition. There are only some reviews of transcatheter embolization of unruptured idiopathic peripheral PAAs.

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A pseudoaneurysm or false aneurysm is the consequence of a persistent blood leak caused generally by iatrogenic rupture of a vessel wall. The blood leak creates a new cavity delimited by surrounding tissues and allows blood flow to remain in continuity between this cavity and the vessel. In hemodialysis fistula, pseudoaneurysm generally results from repeated puncturing of the vein at the same site, leading to a bulging anatomical defect in the vein.

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Renal artery occlusion represents an early diagnostic urgency to prevent kidney injury or, even more grave, kidney failure. However, diagnosis is often a challenge due to nonspecific and sporadic symptoms and signs, resulting in misdiagnosis, missed, or delayed diagnosis. The patient ought to be evaluated by a multidisciplinary team to select the best treatment.

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True ureteral metastases from gastric cancer are extremely rare. Only a few cases of this condition have been reported. CT is the first-line imaging technique and may aid the diagnosis, even if the definitive diagnosis is histologic.

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We report the case of a woman with a mass in the anterior and middle mediastinum (a non-small-cell lung carcinoma), determining significant compression of both superior vena cava and right pulmonary artery. The patient developed acute respiratory distress syndrome , necessitating intubation and admission to the Intensive Care Unit . Radiotherapy sessions to reduce the mass effect were attempted, without significant clinical improvement.

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This collection of cases describes some unusual urological tumors and complications related to urological tumors and their treatment. Case 1: A case of uretero-arterial fistula in a patient with long-term ureteral stenting for ureteral oncological stricture and a second case associated to retroperitoneal fibrosis were described. Abdominal CT, pyelography, cystoscopy were useful to show the origin of the bleeding.

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Endourological treatment for urinary stones and other obstructive urinary tract diseases is minimally invasive but in some cases it involves serious complications. This collection of cases describes some complications of endourological procedures and how they were treated. Case 1: A case of right ultrasound-guided percutaneous nephrostomy found to be misplaced in the inferior vena cava.

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Endoleak it is the most common complication after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and it represents the failure of endovascular treatment. In particular type 2 endoleak is associated with retrograde flow in the aneurysm sac from one or more arterial branches. We describe a reperfusion of the aortic aneurysm sac with slow-flow type II endoleak from the right internal iliac artery aneurysm through the posterior door previously closed with coils, and treatment with direct puncture of the internal iliac artery aneurysm with infixion of human thrombin under ultrasound guidance, not previously described in the literature.

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Iatrogenic ureteral injuries are a dramatic complication in medical practice. Nowadays there are no universal guidelines for their management. The aim of our study was to evaluate the feasibility of the percutaneous treatment in restoring ureteral integrity in 19 patients that came to our attention.

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Renal vascular anomalies are frequent and are not usually problematic, especially when they have been identified and localised with preoperative imaging; computed tomography angiography is a fast and minimally invasive procedure that may afford accurate visualisation of arterial and venous anatomy. We report on our experience with the utilisation of multi-detector row angiography in the preoperative evaluation of living kidney donors. Nineteen living kidney donors underwent multidetector row scan angiography with 3D post-processing.

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