title: Segmental arterial mediolysis: CTA findings at presentation and follow-up.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Segmental arterial mediolysis is a rare noninflammatory vascular disease of the abdominal splanchnic arteries. The purpose of our study was to retrospectively describe the CT angiography (CTA) findings of this disease and the evolution of those findings over time in five patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Comparison of CTA and digital subtraction angiography suggests that CTA is useful to diagnose symptomatic segmental arterial mediolysis. Midterm CTA follow-up (median, 3 years) indicates that segmental arterial mediolysis lesions may resolve or remain unchanged.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Maren
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michael
authors.forename: Urs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Widmer
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wildermuth
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barghorn
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Duewell
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pfammatter
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013152:Splanchnic Circulation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*