[Rare variation of abdominal aorta breaking in two].
OBJECTIVE
To discuss a rare variation of abdominal aorta breaking in two.


METHODS
An in-patients, female, aged 76, admitted for asthenia of right extremities, underwent gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of cerebral and abdominal vessels and abdominal MRI in whom the conventional angiography had failed to reveal this vascular abnormality.


RESULTS
MRA showed a clearly separated abdominal aorta. The upper part of the abdominal aorta terminated under the two renal artery branches and the lower part terminated at the level of L(3 - 4). The compensated enlarged superior and inferior mesenteric artery connected these two isolated parts of abdominal aorta.


CONCLUSIONS
This rare variation of abdominal aorta without any symptom is probably caused by some external force during the embryonic period.
Zhou
Ying-Qi
YQ
Hospital No.411 of the People's Liberation Army, Shanghai 200081, China.
Shan
Pei-Jia
PJ
Xu
Jun
J
D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities