Inferior suprarenal artery aneurysm in polyarteritis nodosa.
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.
Oğuzkurt
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Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Cekirge
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Balkanci
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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*