Radionuclide imaging of aortic involvement in Buerger's disease: case report.
Complete obstruction of the descending aorta, at a level just below the diaphragm, was diagnosed during a renal dynamic flow study. This is the second reported case of Buerger's disease causing aortic obstruction and the first such case initially diagnosed using nuclear medicine techniques.
D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013400:Sugar Acids; D013667:Technetium; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000175:diagnosis*
D013400:Sugar Acids; D013667:Technetium