ABSTRACT
Degenerative vascular disease, previous arterial surgery, long-term ureteral stenting, pelvis surgery, and radiotheraphy are reported as causes of artery-to-collecting-system communication.. Artery-to-collecting-system- communication associated with blunt trauma is rare, but potentially fatal. The diagnosis is very difficult and requires a high degree of suspicion. We were able to make the diagnosis based on the characteristic finding of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) obtained in the early phase, equivalent to the finding obtained in the corticomedullary phase of the kidney. We report a case of artery to collecting system communication due to blunt abdominal trauma following a fall, which was treated by embolization.
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Arteries , Diagnosis , Kidney , Pelvis , Stents , Ureter , Vascular DiseasesABSTRACT
Degenerative vascular disease, previous arterial surgery, long-term ureteral stenting, pelvis surgery, and radiotheraphy are reported as causes of artery-to-collecting-system communication.. Artery-to-collecting-system- communication associated with blunt trauma is rare, but potentially fatal. The diagnosis is very difficult and requires a high degree of suspicion. We were able to make the diagnosis based on the characteristic finding of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) obtained in the early phase, equivalent to the finding obtained in the corticomedullary phase of the kidney. We report a case of artery to collecting system communication due to blunt abdominal trauma following a fall, which was treated by embolization.
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Arteries , Diagnosis , Kidney , Pelvis , Stents , Ureter , Vascular DiseasesABSTRACT
A testis tumor is comparatively rare and most of them are discovered as a palpable asymptomatic mass. We recently experienced two cases of incidental testicular tumor during scrotal exploration for trauma. Pathologic study revealed a mixed germ cell tumor and mature teratoma, so we report here on these two cases with a review of the related literatures.
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Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal , Teratoma , Testicular Neoplasms , TestisABSTRACT
A testis tumor is comparatively rare and most of them are discovered as a palpable asymptomatic mass. We recently experienced two cases of incidental testicular tumor during scrotal exploration for trauma. Pathologic study revealed a mixed germ cell tumor and mature teratoma, so we report here on these two cases with a review of the related literatures.