Increased aortic wall thickness for the diagnosis of aortitis: a computed tomography-based study.

摘要: Aims To evaluate the usefulness of computed tomography (CT)-measured aortic wall thickness (AWT) as a sole imaging finding for confirmation clinically suspected aortitis. Methods CT scans 20 patients with diagnosis aortitis, endorsed by abnormally thickened wall, single finding, and 250 without known aortitis were reviewed AWT manually measured at levels thoracic descending aorta, upper abdominal aorta infrarenal well level maximal in diagnosed aortitis. Patients' charts analyzed demographic data on co-morbidities extracted. Correlations patients' calculated control patients. Age-dependent 97.5 percentile points different age groups reference. patients, was compared these reference values. Results AWT had significant positive correlation patient (P < 0.001), gender 0.03) presence calcifications 0.001). In nine confirmed increased CT-measured AWT, revised values lower than relevant group. four range mean + SD same age. Conclusions The only may be equivocal necessitate more specific imaging, particularly elderly