title: Perirenal Edema as a potential hint towards primary hypertension-Preliminary findings in MRI breast cancer staging.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate our primary findings, indicating perirenal edema as a first imaging sign towards primary hypertension.
  
  
  METHODS
  Out of 3190 consecutive MR-Mammography (MRM) examinations, 777 were performed with an additional body array coil. Incidentally, "perirenal edema" could be linked to a patient history of hypertension. We Therefore specifically further observed the correlation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 777 patients 86 (11%) patients showed the perirenal edema sign (PES). Upon inquiry all of these cases (100%) confirmed a past or present history of hypertensive disease (i.e. blood pressure above 140/90 and/or anti-hypertensive treatment).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our preliminary results strongly indicate a strong correlation between perirenal edema and primary hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim-University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Clemens G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical imaging and image-guided therapy, Medical University Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baltzer
authors.affiliation: School of Social Science, University of Mannheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Anna K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim-University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knaudt
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim-University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Henzler
authors.affiliation: Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology I, Friedrich-Schiller-University Hospital Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Werner A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.affiliation: Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany; Department of Neuroradiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Hospital Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dietzel