title: Suprarenal artery stenosis may be mistaken for renal artery stenosis in Doppler studies.
abstract: There are several limitations in using colour-flow-Doppler (CFD) to diagnose renal artery stenosis. This report describes a case of "false positive" stenosis of the renal artery diagnosed using CFD. A patient affected by arterial hypertension and with a suspected stenosis of the renal artery was examined using CFD. However, the patient was in fact suffering from suprarenal artery stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Ultrasonographic Vascular Diagnostic Service, Department of Clinical Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. popbhc@tin.it
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cianci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Manfredini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ciano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cerroni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stivali
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Donato
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lavini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lorenzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaccaria
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures