Abdominal aortic aneurysm demonstrated on renal scintigraphy.
A 74-year-old hypertensive woman presented with abdominal discomfort and a pulsatile abdominal mass. Anterior abdominal angiography during cardiac blood pool, and renal scintigraphic imaging demonstrated a large abdominal aortic aneurysm. 1, 2 Before endovascular repair with an aortoiliac endograft, the abdominal aneurysm measured 7.5 x 7.0 cm on abdominal computed tomography. This study demonstrates that a suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm can be confirmed using the addition of anterior abdominal imaging with normal posterior imaging at the time of renal scintigraphy.
Phisitkul
Sorot
S
Departments of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA.
Brian
Susan
S
Rakvit
Ariwan
A
Jenkins
Leigh A
LA
Bohannon
W Todd
WT
Harris
Jennifer
J
Tsikouris
James
J
Silva
Michael B
MB
Meyerrose
Gary E
GE
D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D011866:Radioisotope Renography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013667:Technetium; D017263:Technetium Tc 99m Mertiatide
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017263:Technetium Tc 99m Mertiatide; D013667:Technetium