Renal Artery Aneurysm : The Significance of Abdominal Bruit and Use of Color Doppler

Mitsunori OKAMOTO; Masaki HASHIMOTO; Takashi SUEDA; Makoto MUNEMORI; Tadakatsu YAMADA

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.31.1217

Mitsunori OKAMOTO, Masaki HASHIMOTO, Takashi SUEDA, Makoto MUNEMORI, Tadakatsu YAMADA

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Keywords: Doppler ultrasound, steel coil embolization

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1992 Volume 31 Issue 10 Pages 1217-1219

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.31.1217

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Abstract

A case of renal artery aneurysm is presented. The patient had no hypertension and no signs of arteriosclerosis obliterans or aortitis syndrome, except for abdominal bruit. A saccular aneurysm, 1cm in diameter, was demonstrated by two-dimensional and color Doppler ultrasound and documented by angiography. The aneurysm was embolized by a steel coil. The abdominal bruit, though uncommon, is a very important bed-side sign of renal artery aneurysm, if the patient exhibits no arteriosclerosis obliterans or aortitis syndrome. Ultrasound Doppler is very useful in screening for aneurysm.
(Internal Medicine 31 : 1217-1219, 1992)

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