title: Inferior suprarenal artery aneurysm in polyarteritis nodosa.
abstract: A 16-year-old boy with the complaints of fever, abdominal pain, arthralgia and hypertension was found to have polyarteritis nodosa. Selective renal angiography disclosed a 5-mm microaneurysm of the right inferior suprarenal artery, which has not been previously reported in polyarteritis nodosa. Aside from the diagnostic view-point, some of the perirenal and retroperitoneal hemorrhages of unknown origin seen in polyarteritis nodosa might be due to the rupture of suprarenal artery aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oğuzkurt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cekirge
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balkanci
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000792:Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications*