PMID- 17453495
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070605
LR  - 20161124
IS  - 0284-1851 (Print)
IS  - 0284-1851 (Linking)
VI  - 48
IP  - 3
DP  - 2007 Apr
TI  - Renal artery aneurysm: diagnosis and surveillance with multidetector-row computed 
      tomography.
PG  - 274-9
AB  - PURPOSE: To investigate the prevalence of renal artery aneurysms, and to assess 
      the value of multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) in diagnosing renal 
      artery aneurysms. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Altogether, 862 patients underwent 
      arterial-phase contrast-enhanced CT scan of the abdomen in the period November 
      2003 to October 2005. A search for renal artery aneurysms was performed in our 
      reporting system and revealed six patients with renal artery aneurysm (RAA). 
      RESULTS: The incidence of RAA was 0.7%. All renal artery aneurysms were solitary, 
      located in the main trunk or the first branch of the renal artery, with sizes 
      from 1.5 cm to 3.4 cm. Five aneurysms were saccular, one fusiform. No underlying 
      thrombosis was seen. Extensive calcification was found in one aneurysm. Three 
      aneurysms were diagnosed using axial images, while three aneurysms were only 
      displayed by volume rendering and maximum-intensity projection images. 
      CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates a 0.7% incidence of renal artery aneurysms in 
      a total of 862 patients. MDCT has an important role in detecting and assessing 
      renal artery aneurysms. Some aneurysms can only be displayed by post-processing 
      techniques such as volume rendering and maximum-intensity projection.
FAU - Zhang, L J
AU  - Zhang LJ
AD  - Department of Medical Imaging, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing 
      University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
FAU - Yang, G F
AU  - Yang GF
FAU - Qi, J
AU  - Qi J
FAU - Shen, W
AU  - Shen W
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Acta Radiol
JT  - Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987)
JID - 8706123
RN  - 0 (Contrast Media)
RN  - 4419T9MX03 (Iohexol)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aneurysm/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - Contrast Media
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Iohexol
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
MH  - *Renal Artery
MH  - Tomography, X-Ray Computed/*methods
EDAT- 2007/04/25 09:00
MHDA- 2007/06/06 09:00
CRDT- 2007/04/25 09:00
PHST- 2007/04/25 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/06/06 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/04/25 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 777234346 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/02841850601161521 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Radiol. 2007 Apr;48(3):274-9. doi: 10.1080/02841850601161521.