CASE REPORT   

Il Giornale Italiano di Radiologia Medica 2019 Luglio-Agosto;6(4):316-20

DOI: 10.23736/S2283-8376.19.00171-2

Copyright © 2019 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English, Italian

Endovascular approach in the treatment of steno-occlusive pathology of the infrarenal aorta: a case report of coral reef aorta

Lucio TARANTO, Maria PETULLÀ, Domenico CONSOLE, Domenico LAGANÀ ✉

Division of Radiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Mater Domini University Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy

So-called coral reef aorta (CRA) is a rare atherosclerotic disease that performs endoluminal calcifications along the thoraco-abdominal aorta. Symptomatology vary in relation to the site and the most frequent symptoms are severe hypertension and intermittent claudication. In this article, we describe the case of a 65-year-old woman with a diagnosis of infrarenal aortic occlusion and a shared decision of endovascular treatment by stent placement. The advantages respect to surgery, the materials used, the technique of execution and the evaluation of follow-up are then described.

KEY WORDS: Angioplasty; Stents; X-ray computed tomography; Aortic diseases