title: Spectral diagnosis and analysis of a superior vesical artery calcification.
abstract: A case of urinary vessel calcification was detected incidentally in pelvic cavity of a 59-year-old man by computed tomography. The silver reticulin, actin, and hematoxylin and eosin stains were applied to diagnose the feature of vessel and confirmed that the vessel was the vesical artery. To our knowledge, this is the first report to find out the obliteration of superior vesical artery caused by calcified deposit. The calcified deposit in superior vesical artery was qualitatively identified to consist of hydroxyapatite, cholesterol and beta-carotene by Fourier transform infrared and Raman microspectroscopies, in which A-type carbonated apatite was a predominate component.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Lotung Pohai Hospital, Ilan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ted Hueih-Shing
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Shan-Yang
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chih-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wen-Ting
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Mei-Jane
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries / Q000737:chemistry*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis; D017886:Durapatite / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000098:blood supply*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019207:beta Carotene / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D019207:beta Carotene; D017886:Durapatite; D002784:Cholesterol