Contrast-enhanced ultrasound versus CT and operative findings in evaluation of renal vein aneurysm with AV fistula.
We report the case of a 61-year-old patient admitted to our hospital owing to recent nonspecific abdominal pain. Five years earlier he had been treated with a graft owing to thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm with dissection. He now showed a left renal vein aneurysm with a diameter of 11x7.5 cm. This case demonstrates that contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), employed in addition to computed tomography angiography, offers a promising new option for diagnosis and preoperative treatment planning in patients with abdominal vascular diseases. The results were compared with operative findings.
Clevert
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Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich - Grosshadern Campus, Munich, Germany. dirk.clevert@med.uni-muenchen.de
Stickel
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Kopp
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Weidenhagen
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Fink
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Jauch
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Reiser
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D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods
D003287:Contrast Media