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24.07.2018 | Classics in Abdominal Radiology
Coral-reef-aorta
verfasst von:
C. Kloth, S. A. Schmidt
Erschienen in:
Abdominal Radiology
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Ausgabe 1/2019
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Excerpt
Extensive protuberant intraluminal calcifications of the aorta, with normal aortic diameter, and near-occlusive stenosis of the vessel lumen describe the phenomenon of a coral-reef aorta. The condition received its name in 1984 by Qvarfordt et al. who published findings involving nine female patients with suprarenal obstructive calcifications of the aorta [
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