title: Case report: inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm--dynamic Gd-DTPA enhanced magnetic resonance imaging features.
abstract: Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm is an uncommon disorder characterized by marked thickening and extensive inflammatory changes of the aneurysmal wall. The appearances of an inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm on dynamic Gd-DTPA enhanced magnetic resonance imaging are described and the value of this modality in achieving a pre-operative diagnosis is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumazaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001025:Aortitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA