title: Spiral CT angiography in an infant with severe hypoplasia of a long segment of the descending aorta.
abstract: CT angiography, or the spiral CT technique, is a promising minimally invasive method of visualising the arterial vascular system and can be applied in children in whom ultrasound, MRI and/or angiography or cardiac catheterisation cannot be performed, or where an exact diagnosis cannot be made. CT angiography should be considered in special cases as a diagnostic alternative to MRI, ultrasound and angiography. As an example of the possibilities of CT angiography, a case is described in which hypoplasia of the descending aorta was diagnosed and a postoperatively encountered perigraft reaction was demonstrated. Perforation of the blood vessel could be excluded by CT angiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Cologne, D-50924 Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Brochhagen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benz-Bohm
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mennicken
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schickendantz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borowski
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lackner
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene