title: Imaging of non-atherosclerotic aneurysmal disease.
abstract: Atherosclerotic aneurysms account for about 95% of all aneurysms. This overview concentrates on the 5% leftover, which however represents a heterogenic group of aneurysms with a wide range of different pathogenesis. Thus, therapy is not exclusively restricted to the exclusion of the aneurysm. In non-atherosclerotic aneurysmal disease various additional therapeutic strategies are included such as chemotherapy, anti-inflammatory therapy and embolisation procedures. Diagnosis, therapeutic decision making and even therapy itself to a growing extent depends on adequate (pretherapeutic) imaging and therefore radiologic expertise. This review describes the most common forms of non-atherosclerotic aneurysms and focuses on their pathogenesis, potential diagnostic approaches and therapy options.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany. ulrike.attenberger@medma.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Ulrike I
authors.initials: UI
authors.lastname: Attenberger
authors.forename: Henrik J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Michaely
authors.forename: Stefan O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Schoenberg
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rieger
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media