Abdominal aortic aneurysm abdominal x ray: Difference between revisions
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Plain abdominal radiographs are obtained in patients with abdominal complaints before the diagnosis of AAA has been made. It is very difficult to evaluate patients with AAA using plain radiographs because aortic wall [[calcification]] is seen in less than half of the AAA cases. However, plain radiographs may be helpful when an aneurysmal [[aorta]] appears normal on [[angiogram]] due to[[thrombus]] within the sac. | Plain abdominal radiographs are obtained in patients with abdominal complaints before the diagnosis of AAA has been made. It is very difficult to evaluate patients with AAA using plain radiographs because aortic wall [[calcification]] is seen in less than half of the AAA cases. However, plain radiographs may be helpful when an aneurysmal [[aorta]] appears normal on an [[angiogram]] due to a [[thrombus]] within the sac. | ||
==Abdominal X Ray== | ==Abdominal X Ray== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hardik Patel, M.D.
Overview
Plain abdominal radiographs are obtained in patients with abdominal complaints before the diagnosis of AAA has been made. It is very difficult to evaluate patients with AAA using plain radiographs because aortic wall calcification is seen in less than half of the AAA cases. However, plain radiographs may be helpful when an aneurysmal aorta appears normal on an angiogram due to a thrombus within the sac.
Abdominal X Ray
Aortic wall calcification has been shown in the radiograph below:
Faint outline of the calcified wall of an AAA
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RupturedAAAXray.png; James Heilman, MD.
