Affiliations: Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich – Grosshadern Campus, Munich, Germany | Department of Surgery, University of Munich – Grosshadern Campus, Munich, Germany | Department of Surgery, Hospital Munich–Perlach, Munich, Germany
Note: [] Corresponding author: Dr. Dirk-André Clevert, Section Chief, Interdisciplinary Ultrasound Center, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich – Grosshadern Campus, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany. Tel.: +49 89 7095 3620; Fax: +49 89 7095 8832; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: We report the case of a 61-year-old patient admitted to our hospital owing to recent nonspecific abdominal pain. Five years earlier he had been treated with a graft owing to thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm with dissection. He now showed a left renal vein aneurysm with a diameter of 11×7.5 cm. This case demonstrates that contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), employed in addition to computed tomography angiography, offers a promising new option for diagnosis and preoperative treatment planning in patients with abdominal vascular diseases. The results were compared with operative findings.
