The wonders of a newly available post-analysis CT software in the hands of vascular surgeons.
BACKGROUND
Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms has become a widespread and accepted practice in most Vascular Surgery centres. The optimal method to identify and characterise complications still awaits assessment.


METHODS
An 83-year-old woman was admitted to our Institution for volumetric expansion of the aneurysm sac due to a suspected type II endoleak. Post-analysis, using OsiriX, revealed the presence of a hole at the distal portion of the main body in the docking zone near the flow divider.


CONCLUSIONS
OsiriX is an image processing software and an attractive alternative to dedicated workstations and allows rendering and analysis of numerous medical imaging modalities.
Department of Vascular Surgery, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. setacci2@unisi.it
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D057867:Endoleak / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed