Annuloaortic ectasia and adult polycystic kidney. A frequent association.
The association of annuloaortic ectasia and polycystic kidney in 18 consecutive patients who had intravenous pyelograms was 22 percent (4/18). Due to this high association rate, some type of work-up to study the kidney anatomy should be performed in every case of annuloaortic ectasia. For the same reasons, patients with adult polycystic kidney should have a careful cardiovascular evaluation.
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*