Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Presentation
Right sided renal colic. AXR to assess for a renal tract stone.
Patient Data
Age: 75
Gender: Male
From the case:
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
X-ray
Frontal
Saccular curvilinear density in the left paramidline position at the L3-L4 level.
It is non-osseous in nature.
Case Discussion
An abdominal aortic aneursym (AAA) can often be incidentally identified on x-ray due to the curvilinear calcification with the aneurysm wall.
This was a proven infra-renal AAA on subsequent CT imaging.
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