Spectral diagnosis and analysis of a superior vesical artery calcification.
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.
Hsu
Ted Hueih-Shing
TH
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Lotung Pohai Hospital, Ilan, Taiwan.
Lin
Shan-Yang
SY
Lin
Chih-Cheng
CC
Cheng
Wen-Ting
WT
Li
Mei-Jane
MJ
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
D019207:beta Carotene; D017886:Durapatite; D002784:Cholesterol