title: [The radiologic diagnosis of inflammatory aneurysms].
abstract: An inflammatory aneurysm is defined as a nonbacterial special type of atherosclerotic aneurysm. The macroscopic characteristics are: a porcelaneous appearance, excessive thickening of the aortic wall, and perianeurysmal adhesions. Chronic inflammatory infiltrations, which are localized in the adventitia, can be found via microscopy. Six of forty-three patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms were found to have an inflammatory aneurysm at operation. In a retrospective study, we examined the sonographic, computed tomographic and angiographic appearance of inflammatory aneurysms. Only with computed tomography can thickening of the aneurysmal wall be demonstrated; angiography does not have this capacity and can only find an inflammatory aneurysm in particular cases.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Radiodiagnostik, Radiologische Klinik, Heidelberg.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rieber
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kauffman
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Allenberg
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mattfeldt
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Die radiologische Diagnostik des inflammatorischen Aneurysmas.