CT scan images showing an abdominal aortic aneurysm


CT scan images showing an abdominal aortic aneurysm which developed between the renal arteries and the common iliac arteries. The aorta is highlighted in red with the bulging aneurysm in the lower abdomen. Another sign of atherosclerotic disease is that the aorta is encrusted with atheromatous plaque, highlighted in blue


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Keywords: abdomen, abdominal, anatomy, aneurysm, aorta, arteries, atheroma, atherosclerosis, atherosclerotic, body, calcification, cholesterol, deposits, disease, hardening, iliac, medical, pelvis, plaque, renal, scan