title: Lumbar artery aneurysm.
abstract: The purpose of this report is to present a rare case of lumbar artery aneurysm. We report the case of a 54-years-old male patient who was misdiagnosed over years having a chronic infrarenal aortic aneurysm. A 64-slice CT at our institution revealed a large lumbar artery aneurysm. The conclusion of this case report is that a lumbar or accessory renal artery aneurysm has to be taken into consideration if there is a localized enlargement of the lower abdominal aorta and a high resolution CT-scan is strongly recommended to make the exact diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Heart Centre Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Flügel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Henschke
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.forename: F-J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zeller
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012092:Replantation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed