Detection of retroperitoneal hemorrhage after translumbar aortography by computerized tomography.
Thirty-seven patients were examined by CT scan within 24 hours of translumbar aortography. Eighteen of them had signs of hemorrhage, of which psoas asymmetry was the most common. Para-aortic densities and obliteration of the aorta were the next most frequent manifestations. CT scanning can be a useful tool in selected cases to detect or follow hemorrhage after aortography by the translumbar approach.
D000368:Aged; D001027:Aortography; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010314:Partial Thromboplastin Time; D011517:Prothrombin Time; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed