Mycotic aneurysm of renal graft artery: diagnosis by ultrasonography.
Mycotic aneurysm of the renal graft artery is rarely detected before its rupture. Diagnosis up to now relied on arteriography. We report on a patient whose preoperative diagnosis was made by ultrasonography. Recent progress with this noninvasive procedure should allow earlier recognition of this life-threatening complication.
D000293:Adolescent; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000792:Angiography; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery; D014463:Ultrasonography