title: [Iliac aneurysm compared with abdominal aorta aneurysm].
abstract: The aim of the study was to compare the epidemiology, risk factors and manifestations of iliac and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Two studies were used: 1. Five thousand four hundred and seventy 65-73 year old men invited to screening for AAA. 2. Review of all 350 patients operated for central aneurysms in the county of Viborg in Denmark 1989-1997. Four thousand one hundred and seventy-six attended screening. One hundred and seventy (4.0%) had an AAA. Twenty-one (0.56%) required operation, while the prevalence of operation-requiring iliac aneurysm (IA) was 0.17%. The operative incidence of IA was 18.4 per mill. per year, and 92.4 per mill. per year were operated for AAA. Patients with IA had lower cholesterol-levels, and urological symptoms were present in 42% of cases with isolated IA, and 25% of combined aneurysms compared to 8% of isolated AAA (p < 0.05). Fifty-eight percent of the isolated IAs were ruptured, while only 27% of AAAs were ruptured (p < 0.05). The per- and postoperative mortality was 57% in ruptured isolated IA, 47% in ruptured combined aneurysms, and 31% in ruptured isolated AAA (p < 0.05). IA seems to be more under-diagnosed than AAA, and are often diagnosed because of clinical manifestations, especially urological or rupture. They seem more lethal in ruptured cases.
authors.affiliation: Karkirurgisk afdeling, Viborg Sygehus.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vammen
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Henneberg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fasting
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lindholt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors